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8364644 
Journal Article 
Electrochemical oxidation of benzyl alcohol on platinum electrode with TEMPO in CH3CN/H2O 
Yi, J; Lu, J; Song, D; Li, M; Shen, Z 
2015 
Yes 
Asian Journal of Chemistry
ISSN: 0970-7077
EISSN: 0975-427X 
Chemical Publishing Co. 
27 
9 
3197-3200 
English 
In situ FT-IR and cyclic voltammetry were employed to study the oxidation reaction of benzyl alcohol on platinum electrode with 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-yloxy (TEMPO) in CH3CN/H2O solution containing NaClO4. Cyclic voltammograms were characterized by a well-defined one electron reversible redox couple. The possible catalytic oxidation mechanism of benzyl alcohol with TEMPO was studied using in situ FT-IR spectroscopy. It suggested that oxoammonium ion was generated by one-electron oxidation of TEMPO at low oxidation potential and benzyl alcohol was mainly oxidized to benzaldehyde instead of benzoic acid. 
Benzyl alcohol; Platinum electrode; TEMPO