Kinetics and mechanism of the electrochemical reduction of [1,2-bis(tert-butylperoxy)ethyl]benzene under conditions of the in situ recovery of a platinum surface

Abstract

The behavior of [1,2-bis(tert-butylperoxy)ethyl]benzene (I) on Pt electrode is studied by means of cyclic voltammetry (CVA). A comparison of the electrochemical properties of I and the properties of previously studied bridge-type 1,2,4,5-tetraoxane ((1,4)-1,4-dimethyl-7-(4-methylbenzyl)-2,3,5,6-tetraoxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane) (II) shows that the biperoxide studied in this work is reduced on a Pt electrode at lower cathodic potentials and is resistant to electrooxidation.