Electrochemical process to prepare chemicals using a cyanide salt

摘要

The present invention relates to a process comprising the reaction of a cyanide with a hydrogen cyanide-reactive compound, characterized in that the cyanide is a cyanide salt and the process is an electrochemical process involving the transporting of a reaction mixture to which cyanide salt has been added through an electrochemical cell, in which process the cyanide salt reacts with the hydrogen cyanide-reactive compound while at least partly under the influence of an electric current the cyanide salt is acidified and the salt cation content is reduced.

主权项

1. Process comprising the reaction of a cyanide with a hydrogen cyanide-reactive compound, wherein the cyanide is a cyanide salt and the process is an electrochemical process involving the feeding of a reaction mixture to which cyanide salt has been added into an electrochemical cell, in which process the cyanide salt reacts with the hydrogen cyanide-reactive compound, while at least partly under the influence of an electric current the cyanide salt is acidified and the salt cation content is reduced, and wherein the electrochemical process is a membrane water splitting process to produce protons so as to convert water soluble salts into their corresponding acids and bases.