Electrosynthesis in systems of two immiscible liquids and a phase transfer catalyst IV. Electrosynthesis using thin film contactor cells

The cell described in the previous paper has been applied to the synthesis of 2,5-dimethoxyphenylacetate from 1,4-dimethoxybenzene under both potentiostatic and galvanostatic conditions. The desired product is oxidized under similar conditions to the starting material and the known methods of chemical reaction engineering have been used to model the reaction scheme and to define the optimum conditions for the synthesis. Under both potentiostatic and galvanostatic conditions, the highest yield of 2,5-dimethoxyphenylacetate is about 70%.