Patent ID: 6764589
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: C25B

Abstract:
A process for the electrolytic transformation of at least one furan-based starting compound (A) in an electrolysis circuit wherein the process is carried out in an electrolysis cell in which at least one hydrogenation catalyst is present, the process comprising both steps (i) and (ii):(i) electrolytically oxidizing the at least one furan-based starting compound (A) to produce (a) at least one alkoxylated furan compound (B) which has a Câ€”C double bond in the five-membered heterocyclic ring, and (b) hydrogen; (ii) hydrogenating the Câ€”C double bond in the presence of the at least one hydrogenation catalyst using hydrogen obtained at a cathode in step (i), hydrogen fed to the electrolysis circuit from outside or by electrocatalytic hydrogenation.