On the other hand, when a carbon cloth (CC) anode and Pt cathode were inserted into the reaction media and a current of 5 mA was applied, a highly encouraging conversion of 93% towards the mono-chlorinated product 3 was observed when the reaction was performed in dimethylacetamide (DMA) at room temperature for 3 h using a 1:1 ratio of the two reaction partners (Entry 3). By increasing the amounts of acid chloride 2 slightly to 1.05 equiv., it proved possible to achieve quantitative conversion towards product 3 within 3 h (Entry 1). As can be noted by Entries 4-7, this cascade protocol also works with other combinations of electrode, where pairs such as CC(+)/CC(-), Pt(+)/Pt(-), Pt(+)/CC(-) and CC(+)/Ni(-) gave comparable results (>97% yield of 3) of Entry 3, while CC(+)/Cu(-) CC(+)/stainless steel(-), carbon cloth(+)/Zn(-), and carbon cloth(+)/Pb(-) displayed lower performances (<88% yield of 3).