Electrolytic hydrodimerization of two different alpha, beta-olefinic compounds

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF PRODUCING A REDUCED COUPLED PRODUCT OF TWO DIFFERENT OLEFINIC COMPOUNDS WHICH COMPRISES SUBJECTING A SOLUTIN OF TWO DIFFERENT COMPOUNDS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALPHA, BETA-OLEFINIC NITRILES, ESTERS AND CARBOXAMIDES TO ELECTROLYSIS IN CONTACT WITH A CATHODE, THE SAID TWO OLEFINIC COMPOUNDS DIFFERING IN REDUCTION POTENTIAL VS. THE SATURATED CALOMEL ELECTRODE BY AT LEAST 0.3 VOLT, THE ELECTROLYSIS BEING ACONDUCTED IN A DIVIDED CELL IN WHICH BOTH CATHODE AND ANODE ARE IN ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH ELECTROLYTE AND AT AN AMPERAGE SUCH THAT THE CATHODE POTENTIAL IS CLOSE TO THAT REQUIRED FOR REDUCTION OF THE MORE EASILY REDUCIBLE OLEFINIC COMPOUND, THE SOLUTION COMPRISING AT LEAST 10% BY WEIGHT OF THE OLEFINIC COMPOUNDS, A SALT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF AMINE AND QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SULFONATES AND ALKYLSULFATES, AND WATER, THE SOLUTION BEING NON-ACIDIC AND HAVING A PH BELOW THE VALUE AT WHICH SUBSTANTIAL HYDROLYSIS OF THE ESTER GROUP OCCURS WHEN ONE OF THE OLEFINIC COMPOUNDS IS AN OLEFINIC ESTER, AND BELOW THE VALUE AT WHICH SUBSTANTIAL ADDITION OF WATER TO THE DOUBLE BOND OCCURS WHEN ONE OF THE OLEFINIC COMPOUNDS IS AN OLEFINIC NITRILE AND RECOVERING THE REDUCED, COUPLED PRODUCT.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF PRODUCING A REDUCED COUPLED PRODUCT OF TWO DIFFERENT OLEFINIC COMPOUNDS WHICH COMPRISES SUBJECTING A SOLUTIN OF TWO DIFFERENT COMPOUNDS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALPHA, BETA-OLEFINIC NITRILES, ESTERS AND CARBOXAMIDES TO ELECTROLYSIS IN CONTACT WITH A CATHODE, THE SAID TWO OLEFINIC COMPOUNDS DIFFERING IN REDUCTION POTENTIAL VS. THE SATURATED CALOMEL ELECTRODE BY AT LEAST 0.3 VOLT, THE ELECTROLYSIS BEING ACONDUCTED IN A DIVIDED CELL IN WHICH BOTH CATHODE AND ANODE ARE IN ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH ELECTROLYTE AND AT AN AMPERAGE SUCH THAT THE CATHODE POTENTIAL IS CLOSE TO THAT REQUIRED FOR REDUCTION OF THE MORE EASILY REDUCIBLE OLEFINIC COMPOUND, THE SOLUTION COMPRISING AT LEAST 10% BY WEIGHT OF THE OLEFINIC COMPOUNDS, A SALT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF AMINE AND QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SULFONATES AND ALKYLSULFATES, AND WATER, THE SOLUTION BEING NON-ACIDIC AND HAVING A PH BELOW THE VALUE AT WHICH SUBSTANTIAL HYDROLYSIS OF THE ESTER GROUP OCCURS WHEN ONE OF THE OLEFINIC COMPOUNDS IS AN OLEFINIC ESTER, AND BELOW THE VALUE AT WHICH SUBSTANTIAL ADDITION OF WATER TO THE DOUBLE BOND OCCURS WHEN ONE OF THE OLEFINIC COMPOUNDS IS AN OLEFINIC NITRILE AND RECOVERING THE REDUCED, COUPLED PRODUCT.