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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 1985
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kent D Campbell, Concord, CA (US);
Aylin H Gulbenkian, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Fred Y Edamura, Concord, CA (US);
Demetrios Kyriacou, Salonica, GR;
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204 78 ;
Abstract
Mono- or dimethylol compounds having water solubilities of 3 grams or less per 100 grams of water are electrochemically oxidized to the corresponding mono- or dicarboxylic acids at activated nickel oxide anodes. The methylol compounds are adducts of 1,2-alkylene oxides with phenols, pyridinols, bisphenols, phenoxy- or pyridinyloxypyridinols or are polycycloaliphatics ring-substituted with one or two CH.sub.2 OH groups.