Research Progress in Preparation of Carboxylic Acids by Electrochemical Mediated Oxidative Carboxylation and Reductive Carboxylation of Carbon Dioxide
As a class of common and important compounds,carboxylic acids are widely used in areas of medicine,pesticides and polymers.Therefore,development of facile and efficient methods for the synthesis of carboxylic acids is of great significance.Electrochemical synthesis of carboxylic acids has attracted widespread attentions due to its environmentally friendly and mild conditions.This article mainly reviews the relevant research in electrochemical synthesis of carboxylic acids in recent years from two aspects:electrochemical oxidation for carboxylation and electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide for carboxylation.