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Assessment of Boron Doped Diamond Electrode Quality and Application to In Situ Modification of Local pH by Water Electrolysis
Published on: January 6, 2016
Electro-conversion of cumene into acetophenone using boron-doped diamond electrodes
Mana Kitano1, Tsuyoshi Saitoh2, Shigeru Nishiyama1
1Department of Chemistry, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan.
Abstract:
A straightforward electro-conversion of cumene into acetophenone has been reported using boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrodes. This particular conversion is driven by the addition reaction of a cathodically generated hydroperoxide anion to an anodically generated cumyl cation, where the BDD's wide potential window enables the direct anodic oxidation of cumene into the cumyl cation. Since electricity is directly employed as the oxidizing and reducing reagents, the present protocol is easy to use, suitable for scale-up, and inherently safe.
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