Direct Electrochemical Synthesis of Organocadmium Halide Complexes at Sacrificial Anode

Title:Direct Electrochemical Synthesis of Organocadmium Halide Complexes at Sacrificial Anode

Volume: 8 Issue: 2

Author(s): Kanchan Bala and Baljit Singh*

Affiliation:

• Department of Chemistry, Punjabi University, Patiala-147002, Punjab,India

Keywords: Coordination compounds, electrochemical technique, organocadmium halide, sacrificial cadmium anode, elecrophasis, absorption band.

Abstract: Background: The organocadmium halide complexes, RCdX (R= alkyl/aryl halide) in single step by direct electrochemical synthetic technique in a solution of acetonitrile, alkyl/aryl halide, tetrabutylammonium chloride (as supporting electrolyte) under nitrogen atmosphere by using a high-surface platinum cathode and sacrificial cadmium anode were synthesized.

Objective: The coordination complexes were also synthesized in same conditions in the attendance of nitrogen containing bidentate ligands such as 1,10-phenanthroline and 2,2’- bipyridyl.

Methods: This method affords the formation of complexes with higher yields at ambient temperature. The synthesized compounds was characterized and confirmed by physical parameters, elemental analyses and IR spectroscopy.

Conclusion: All these complexes exhibit significant high electrochemical efficiency.

Cite this article as:

Bala Kanchan and Singh Baljit*, Direct Electrochemical Synthesis of Organocadmium Halide Complexes at Sacrificial Anode, Current Physical Chemistry 2018; 8 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1877946808666181002112309