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Suspensions of some water-insoluble organic compounds, such as alcohol
s, amines, activated olefines, and dibromobenzene, were electrolyzed e
fficiently on a hydrophobic electrode prepared by composite-plating ni
ckel with tetrafluoroethylene oligomer (TFEO) particles. This result s
uggests a useful method for suspension electrolysis from a practical a
spect and a hypothesis (organic droplet-collecting effect) that the hy
drophobic electrode surface is covered by thin films of the organic co
mpounds and consequently the electrolysis of water (oxygen and hydroge
n evolution) is suppressed.