ELECTROCATALYTIC OXIDATION OF ALIPHATIC DIOLS ON PLATINUM AND GOLD .1. EFFECTS OF CHAIN-LENGTH AND ISOMERIC POSITION

Citation
A. Hilmi et al., ELECTROCATALYTIC OXIDATION OF ALIPHATIC DIOLS ON PLATINUM AND GOLD .1. EFFECTS OF CHAIN-LENGTH AND ISOMERIC POSITION, Journal of electroanalytical chemistry [1992], 380(1-2), 1995, pp. 177-184
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Electrochemistry,"Chemistry Analytical
Journal title
Journal of electroanalytical chemistry [1992]
ISSN journal
15726657 → ACNP
Volume
380
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
177 - 184
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
The electrochemical reactivity of propanediol, butanediol, pentanediol , hexanediol and heptanediol, on polycrystalline platinum and gold ele ctrodes, was studied in acid and alkaline media. The effect of the num ber of carbon atoms, i.e. the chain length, was observed. The apparent energies of activation were evaluated systematically and discussed in relation to the molecular structure of the different diols. In the ca se of the butanediol isomers, an effect of the alcohol group positions on the activation energy and reaction mechanisms was clearly shown.