[en] Contact glow discharge electrolysis of some chloroanilines in sodium sulfate was investigated in different initial concentrations. Each of them underwent the dechlorination, deamination through oxidative degradation, and were eventually decomposed into hydrogen carbonate and carbon dioxide. It was testified that the chlorine atom and amidogen could be transformed into chloride ion and nitrite ion, respectively. Fe²⁺ has a remarkable catalytic effect on the degradation of them. On the basis of the detailed analysis of the intermediate products and kinetic behaviors, the reaction pathway was proposed, in which the attach of hydroxyl radical on the benzene ring of starting material might be a key step