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PROCESS FOR THE ELECTROCHEMICAL PREPARATION OF GAMMA-HYDROXYCARBOXYLIC ESTERS AND GAMMA-LACTONES
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Paragraph 0054-0057, (2014/04/18)
γ-Hydroxycarboxylic esters and γ-lactones which are suitable as flavors can be prepared by electrochemical reductive cross-coupling of α,β-unsaturated esters with carbonyl compounds in an undivided electrolysis cell having a cathode composed of lead, lead alloys, cadmium, cadmium alloys, mercury, steel, glassy carbon or boron-doped diamonds and a basic aqueous electrolyte comprising an electrolyte salt which suppresses the cathodic formation of hydrogen.