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Electrochemical chlorination of toluene in two phase electrolysis.

Been meaning to include what looks like a pretty user friendly prep of 2 phase oxidation of toluene to Benzyl chloride and the additional generation of  minute amount of chlorotoluenes and overall looks might good.  Obviously, well at least with respect to one other paper, that confirms the potential for 2 phase electrochemical, this set up could indeed be used for other type reactions that go through a typical free radical chain reaction pathway. This procedure is very applicable to the formation of Chloroform, and appears to have some good overall scope. I will dig up that 2 phase chloroform prep, as it is of interest and may be handy for a member here
One potential issue, is this paper using chloroform as the solvent that the toluene is added for the hydrocarbon phase and uses aquarius sodium chloride the other phase . I see that their would be no issue of using a cell with just toluene, for the hydrocarbon phase of this said reaction and separation obtained by the b.p differences, of toluene and benzyl chloride

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yeah, didn't consider that, but chloroform aint such a hurdle, and can easily be obtained by for starters a 2 phase electro prep, and the known ones all over the place.   THis paper albeit that one issue, looks pretty good, and it was sort of obvious, and on the cards but a paper is handy, etc...

No need for anything fancy as DCM is always there as a nice little backup. That will be my first choice here and it shares many properties with Chloroform as well. Temperature controle will be a bitch and I may just have to cut down to a really long cell run and cut the ampers down to something like 500ma without strong external cooling.

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DCM is a bottom puller Vesp. Not much different the Chloroform at all.

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hey cool look if you put 4? marks in a row it creates that lil confused face.

I rechon DCM would be fine, but could possibly compete, as the very same sort of conditions use DCM to produce CHCl3... if memory serves me correct... I think Ill try both and see what occurs... and the graphite as youve suggested should be okay. I am not that up with electostuff, but kind of like it..and think I have read, or heard that carbon can sort of replace the electrode in the paper... similiar over potential or something.
tomorrow is the day for this for me..Ill try and find that DCM>CHCl3 2 phase prep.. I am going to have to sort my files, and perhaps take the offer to put them up to share...

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Thats good to hear about. I have avoided this, and lack experience, but if adding a determined amount of isopropanol to the mix, and this holding the toluene, and can be simply distilled of, well its good news indeed.
Less work perhaps, all the better, ill check out these b.p's of these azeotropes, Thanks lugh indeed..

ps.. Benzyl acetate prep, electro.. Didn't know where to post it.. Similiar to Mn3+ > the honey. Apologies if already posted.

The isopropanol-toluene azeotrope boils at around 80 degrees Centrigrade at STP, and contains at least 50% isopropanol unless one lowers the pressure down to aboout 20 mm Hg One can use methanol in the same manner, but since the methanol-toluene azeotrope contains less toluene than the isopropanol-toluene azeotrope it's best to use isopropanol