MAO Xinbiao, HE Fengqiang, ZHANG Yinxu, et al. Electrochemical reduction of nitrobenzene in binary ionic liquid of OMImBF4/HMImPF6[J]. CIESC Journal, 2016, (5): 1998-2004. DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20151486.
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MAO Xinbiao, HE Fengqiang, ZHANG Yinxu, et al. Electrochemical reduction of nitrobenzene in binary ionic liquid of OMImBF4/HMImPF6[J]. CIESC Journal, 2016, (5): 1998-2004. DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20151486.DOI:
Electrochemical reduction of nitrobenzene in binary ionic liquid of OMImBF4/HMImPF6
for which its conductivity and infrared spectroscopy (IR) were measured in comparison with those of components. In the binary IL system with varied volume ratios of OMImBF4/HMImPF6
GC-MS and GC were employed to investigate electrochemical reduction of nitrobenzene. It showed that
the conductivity of OMImBF4/HMImPF6 decreased with the concentration of HMImPF6 component
and IR bands of [BF4]- and [PF6]- in the IL mixture obviously changed from each single component. The OMImBF4/HMImPF6 IL system with 3:1 of volume ratio exhibited a higher current density and a more positive potential for the reduction of nitrobenzene
and also the selectivity and yield of main product azobenzene than single component ILs. The rate-determining step in the electrochemical reduction of nitrobenzene is diffusion
of which diffusion coefficient is 2.024×10-7 cm2·s-1.