Electrochemical, halogenation, and oxyhalogenation systems and methods

A system, comprising:

• an electrochemical cell comprising an anode in contact with an anode electrolyte wherein the anode electrolyte comprises metal halide and saltwater;
• a cathode in contact with a cathode electrolyte;
• and a voltage source configured to apply a voltage to the anode and the cathode wherein the anode is configured to oxidize the metal halide with the metal ion from a lower oxidation state to a higher oxidation state;
• a halogenation reactor operably connected to the electrochemical cell and an oxyhalogenation reactor wherein the halogenation reactor is configured to receive the anode electrolyte comprising the metal halide with the metal ion in the higher oxidation state from the electrochemical cell and/or configured to receive the metal halide solution with the metal ion in the higher oxidation state from the oxyhalogenation reactor and halogenate an unsaturated hydrocarbon or a saturated hydrocarbon with the metal halide with the metal ion in the higher oxidation state to result in one or more organic compounds or enantiomers thereof and the metal halide solution with the metal ion in the lower oxidation state;
• and
• the oxyhalogenation reactor operably connected to the electrochemical cell and/or the halogenation reactor and configured to oxyhalogenate the metal halide with the metal ion from the lower oxidation state to the higher oxidation state in presence of an oxidant,
• wherein the oxyhalogenation reactor is in series with the electrochemical cell.