Prediction of Product-Selectivity in an Electroorganic Process by Mathematical Modeling of Reaction Mechanism. A Rotating Cyclinder Electrode System

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/bcsj.64.1911

A mathematical mechanism model is developed for the electroreduction of carbonyl compounds in acidic solution and shows that the formation ratio of hydrodimeric to hydromonomeric products, i.e. the product-selectivity, depends on substrate concentration, mass transfer coefficient and current density.Model calculations are in agreement with experimental results from the electroreduction of p-methylbenzaldehyde using a rotating cylinder cathode and explain a drastic effect of mass transport on the product-selectivity.