Abstract
Combined photochemical and electrochemical oxidation of methane has led to the formation of methyl chloride and methanol at room temperature. This process consists of the electro‐oxidation of the chloride ion, generation of chlorine radical under the illumination of light, hydrogen‐abstraction from methane by Cl, formation of methyl chloride, and hydrolysis of to methanol. The hydrolysis reaction takes place with the activation energy of 24.3 kcal mol−1. The suppression of higher substitution products was more effective in rectangular‐wave than regular potentiostatic electrolysis, which results from the termination of the chain reactions owing to the periodic exhaustion of chlorine radicals.
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