Kolbe hydrocarbon synthesis

Kolbe hydrocarbon synthesis

[′kōl·bə ‚hī·drə′kär·bən ‚sin·thə·səs]

(organic chemistry)

The production of an alkane by the electrolysis of a water-soluble salt of a carboxylic acid.

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