Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol.146, No.10, 3762-3764, 1999
A study of the electrochemical reduction of nitrobenzene at molybdenum electrodes
The reduction of nitrobenzene at Mo electrodes has been observed over a wide range of pH values from 4.4 to 13. Constant potential coulometry in conjunction with cyclic voltammetric studies show that under moderately alkaline and alkaline conditions, the final reduction product is the four-electron reduction product, namely, phenylhydroxylamine. This is the first report of nitrobenzene reduction at a Mo electrode,