	US 11,866,835 B2
	Electrochemical method for preparing an amine and/or a nitrile
Renate Schwiedernoch, Shanghai (CN); Fan Jiang, Shanghai (CN); Stephane Streiff, Paris (FR); Pascal Metivier, Paris (FR); and Dominique Horbez, Paris (FR)
Assigned to RHODIA OPERATIONS, Lyons (FR)
Appl. No. 17/779,945
Filed by RHODIA OPERATIONS, Lyons (FR)
PCT Filed Nov. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/120510 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 25, 2022, PCT Pub. No. WO2021/102611, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0002918 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. C25B 3/09 (2021.01); C25B 3/23 (2021.01); C25B 11/042 (2021.01)

CPC C25B 3/09 (2021.01) [C25B 3/23 (2021.01); C25B 11/042 (2021.01)]

12 Claims

1. A method for forming an amine and/or a nitrile comprising:

electrochemically converting an amino acid and/or its salts to an amine and/or a nitrile in a solvent, and

transferring an electron from a compound thereby generating a mediator in reduced form in the solvent,

wherein

the amino acid and/or its salts in the solvent are present in a concentration that is equal to or greater than 0.15 mol/L and the compound is an iron salt.