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Boron-Doped Diamond for Green Electro-Organic Synthesis

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Encyclopedia of Applied Electrochemistry

Introduction

Since only electrons serve as reagents in electrochemical transformations, almost no reagent waste is produced. The outstanding atom economy is often combined with pronounced energy efficiency, and consequently, such electrochemical processes are considered as green chemistry [1]. Therefore, electrosynthesis is of outstanding technical significance, and novel electrosynthetic transformations will be the basis for technical innovations and future applications. Boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrodes provide an exceptionally wide electrochemical window in protic media [2]. The offset potentials for the evolution of molecular hydrogen and oxygen are extraordinarily large [3, 4]. Currently, the anodic regime is almost exclusively exploited for electro-organic synthesis, which will be surveyed within this entry.

BDD anodes allow the formation of OH radicals at potentials well below the onset of oxygen evolution. Such anodic systems can be used for new oxidation reactions which are...

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  1. Department for Organic Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55128, Mainz, Germany

    Siegfried R. Waldvogel & Bernd Elsler

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Waldvogel, S.R., Elsler, B. (2014). Boron-Doped Diamond for Green Electro-Organic Synthesis. In: Kreysa, G., Ota, Ki., Savinell, R.F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Applied Electrochemistry. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6996-5_90

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