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What is kolbe electrolysis???​

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The Kolbe electrolysis or Kolbe reaction is an organic reaction named after Hermann Kolbe.

Kolbe electrolysis is the electrochemical oxidative decarboxylation of carboxylic acid salts that leads to radicals, which dimerize.

It is applied to the synthesis of symmetrical dimers.

example : - electrolysis of acetic acid gives ethane and carbon dioxide.

CH3COOH → CH3COO− → CH3COO· → CH3· + CO2

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The Kolbe electrolysis or Kolbe reaction is an organic reaction named after Hermann Kolbe. The Kolbe reaction is formally a decarboxylative dimerisation of two carboxylic acids The overall general .

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