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    Electrochemical reduction of nitrobenzene and 4-nitrophenol in the room temperature ionic liquid [C4dmim][N(Tf)2]

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    Silvester, Debbie
    Wain, A.
    Aldous, L.
    Hardacre, C.
    Compton, R.
    Date
    2006
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    The reductions of nitrobenzene and 4-nitrophenol were studied by cyclic voltammetry in the room temperature ionic liquid 1-butyl- 2,3-dimethylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide [C4dmim][N(Tf)2] on a gold microelectrode. Nitrobenzene was reduced reversibly by one electron and further by two electrons in a chemically irreversible step. The more complicated reduction of 4-nitrophenol revealed three reductive peaks (two irreversible and one reversible) which were successfully simulated using the digital simulation program DigiSim using a mechanism of rapid self-protonation, given below. HOC6H4NO2 þ eHOC6H4NO 2 ð1Þ HOC6H4NO 2 þ HOC6H4NO2HOC6H4NO2H þ OC6H4NO2 ð2Þ HOC6H4NO2H þ HOC6H4NO 2 ! HOC6H4NO2H þ HOC6H4NO2 ð3Þ HOC6H4NO2H þ HOC6H4NO2 ! HOC6H4NO þ OC6H4NO2 þ H2O ð4Þ Two further anodic peaks were observed and were attributed to the oxidations of 4-hydroxyphenylhydroxylamine and 4-nitrophenolate respectively. For both nitrobenzene and 4-nitrophenol, diffusion coefficients were roughly two orders of magnitude smaller than in conventional solvents. It appears that both species are reduced following the same mechanisms as in conventional aprotic solvents, with differences in the voltammetry primarily due to the viscous nature of the ionic liquid.

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    Silvester, D. and Wain, A. and Aldous, L. and Hardacre, C. and Compton, R. 2006. Electrochemical reduction of nitrobenzene and 4-nitrophenol in the room temperature ionic liquid [C4dmim][N(Tf)2]. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 596: pp. 131-140.
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    Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
    DOI
    10.1016/j.jelechem.2006.07.028
    ISSN
    15726657
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21503
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    • Curtin Research Publications

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