Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing γ-hydroxycarboxylic esters and γ-lactones, which are suitable as aromatic substances, by electrochemical reductive cross-coupling of α,β-unsaturated esters with carbonyl compounds in an undivided electrolytic cell, said cell having a cathode that consists of lead, lead alloys, cadmium, cadmium alloys, mercury, steel, glassy carbon or boron-doped diamonds, and using an alkaline aqueous electrolyte comprising a conducting salt which suppresses cathodic hydrogen formation.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for coating plastic surfaces with metals, especially plastic surfaces composed of acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene copolymers (ABS) and composed of mixtures of these copolymers with other plastics (ABS blends), using an etch solution (composition C) comprising at least one ionic liquid IL, wherein the process comprises the treating of the plastic surface after the etching with an aqueous rinse solution RS while applying ultrasound.