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Methoxylation of p-tert-butyltoluene on boron-doped diamond electrodes

Christos Comninellis
2004
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The methoxylation of p-tert-butyltoluene (TBT) in CH3OH-H2SO4-H2O soln. has been investigated on graphite and boron-doped diamond (BDD) anodes. Different reaction intermediates have been found on BDD and graphite. In fact BDD electrodes favor the formation of dimeric products under the chosen conditions. This difference has been attributed to a mechanism based on the non-catalytic character of BDD electrodes and to the presence of active functionalities on graphite anode. [on SciFinder (R)]

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Christos Comninellis
2004
Journal Articles

Abstract

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/ae99e8d9-512f-4de8-86d1-70ba4f13d8bc

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Synthetic diamond

Lab-grown diamond (LGD; also called laboratory-grown, laboratory-created, man-made, artisan-created, artificial, synthetic, or cultured diamond) is diamond that is produced in a controlled technological process (in contrast to naturally formed diamond, which is created through geological processes and obtained by mining). Unlike diamond simulants (imitations of diamond made of superficially similar non-diamond materials), synthetic diamonds are composed of the same material as naturally formed diamonds – pure carbon crystallized in an isotropic 3D form – and share identical chemical and physical properties.

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