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https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19890911

On the electroreduction mechanism of halobenzenes: The special case of 1,2-dibromobenzene

Juan Casado, Manuel Ortega and Iluminada Gallardo

Departamento de Quimica, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellatera, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract

Reinvestigation of the electrochemical reduction of 1,2-dibromobenzene by polarography, cyclic voltammetry, rotating ring-disk electrode voltammetry and controlled potential electrolysis, as well as theoretical calculations, leads to the proposal of a stepwise mechanism. Experimental results for bromobenzene and 1,3-dibromobenzene are also reported for comparison.