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The electrooxidation of a series of vicinal and terminal aliphatic diols ranging from ethanediol to hexanediol including an unsaturated diol at a polycrystalline gold electrode in contact with an alkaline electrolyte solution has been studied. Significant differences found in the oxidation activity are rationalized based on the molecular structure and the different electrosorption behaviour as deduced from additional adsorption measurements.
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Łuczak, T., Bełtowska-Brzezinska, M. & Holze, R. Structure-reactivity relationships: the oxidation of aliphatic diols on a gold electrode. J Appl Electrochem 23, 1039–1044 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00266126
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