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Chemistry for Sustainable Development

2002 year, number 4

Indirect Electrochemical Oxidation of Maleic Acidby Hydrogen Peroxide Generated in situ from Oxygen in the Gas-Diffusion Electrode

NATALIA V. CГЌAENKO, NINA I. PAVLENKO and VASILY L. KORNIENKO
Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
Pr. K. Marxa 42, Krasnoyarsk 660049 (Russia), E-mail: kvl@icct.ru
Pages: 403-408

Abstract

Indirect oxidation of maleic acid by hydrogen peroxide electrochemically generated in situ from oxygen in the gas-diffusion electrode in 1 M Na2SO4 has been studied. The oxidation of substrate in divided cell with cation-exchange membrane is shown to proceed to malic acid, and in undivided cell destructive oxidation occurs to CO2 and H2O.