Patent ID: 8845876
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: C07C,C25B,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a first product from a first region of an electrochemical cell having a cathode and a second product from a second region of the electrochemical cell having an anode, the method comprising the steps of: contacting the first region with a catholyte comprising carbon dioxide; contacting the second region with an anolyte comprising a recycled reactant and at least one of an alkane, haloalkane, alkene, haloalkene, aromatic compound, haloaromatic compound, heteroaromatic compound or halo-heteroaromatic compound, the recycled reactant includes a halide salt; and applying an electrical potential between the anode and the cathode sufficient to produce the first product recoverable from the first region and the second product recoverable from the second region.