Accession Number:

ADA106232

Title:

Reductions in Aprotic Media II. Influence of Catalytic Hydrogen Reduction on the Course of Hydrocarbon Reduction.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

ALBERTA UNIV EDMONTON DEPT OF CHEMISTRY

Personal Author(s):

• Pons,B. Stanley
• Khoo,S. B.

Report Date:

1981-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

40.0

Abstract:

The reduction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons at platinum electrodes in aprotic solvents does not normally occur before surface hydrogen is reduced. The reduced hydrogen reacts with the hydrocarbon before the anion radical can be formed. The intermediate species formed after electron transfer are easily observed at very low concentrations by using modulated specular reflectance spectroscopy MSRS. Author

Descriptors:

• *ELECTROCHEMISTRY
• *HYDROGEN
• *AROMATIC COMPOUNDS
• *POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
• *REDUCTION(CHEMISTRY)
• SPECTROSCOPY
• ACETONITRILE
• CATHODES
• BUTYL RADICALS
• PLATINUM
• AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS
• ORGANIC SOLVENTS
• BORATES
• ANTHRACENES
• SPECULAR REFLECTION

Subject Categories:

• Organic Chemistry
• Atomic and Molecular Physics and Spectroscopy

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE