Abstract
The anodic discharge of water to produce adsorbed hydroxyl free radicals (· OH) is considered to be a prerequisite to anodic O-transfer reactions at a PbO2 electrode. In this work, a method was studied by means of high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) combined with electrochemical detection (ED) so as to investigate the production of hydroxyl free radicals (· OH) in the process of the anodic discharge of H2O at a PbO2 electrode. The voltammetric data obtained at the PbO2 electrode for the oxidation of salicylic acid to salicylate hydroxylation products (DHBAs) and the detection of DHBAs by means of HPLC-ED confirm the proposed mechanism.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 289-293 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Chemical Research in Chinese Universities |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - May 2004 |
Keywords
- Electrocatalysis
- HPLC
- Hydroxyl free radical
- PbO electrode
- Salicylic acid