Synthesis of Carboxylic Acid by Electrochemical Fixation of Carbon Dioxide: A Review of Electrochemical Carboxylation from Past to Latest

Abstract: Electrochemical reduction of organic compounds in the presence of carbon dioxide results in the fixation of carbon dioxide into the substrates with carbon-carbon bond forming reaction to yield the corresponding carboxylic acids. The reaction is called “electrochemical carboxylation” or “electrocarboxylation”. Various kinds of carboxylic acids have been synthesized using carbon dioxide as a carboxyl group source by electrochemical carboxylation. In this mini-review, several representative kinds of carboxylic acids synthesized from carbon dioxide by electrochemical carboxylation are briefly summarized/introduced, comparing past and latest.