摘要 |
N- alpha -alkoxyethyl carboxylic compounds of the formula <IMAGE> wherein R5 means hydrogen, an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or an aryl group having from 6 to 10 carbon atoms, especially hydrogen or a methyl group, and WHEREIN R6 means an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, especially a methyl group, ARE PREPARED BY ELECTROLYSIS OF SECONDARY N-ethylcarboxylic acid amides of the formula <IMAGE> with alcohols of the formula R6OH, R5 and R6 having the aforesaid meaning, while employing tetraalkyl ammonium tetrafluoroborates, tetraalkyl ammonium hexafluorophosphates as well as alkali-tetrafluoroborates as conducting salts and a current quantity of at least 2.5 Faraday/mole of N-ethylcarboxylic acid amide.
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