Abstract
The electrochemical reduction of nitro compounds played an important role in the development of organic electrochemistry in the early period around 1900 [1]. For example, it was studies of the stepwise reduction of nitrobenzene that originally led Haber [2] to realize the importance of the potential of the working electrode in electrochemistry and to establish the redox relationship between nitrobenzene, nitrosobenzene, phenylhydroxylamine, aniline, p-hydroxyaniline, azoxybenzene, azobenzene, hydrazobenzene, and benzidine [2,3]. The essential parts are reproduced in Scheme 30.1.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Organic electrochemistry : revised and expanded |
| Editors | Ole Hammerich, Bernd Speiser |
| Number of pages | 52 |
| Publisher | CRC Press |
| Publication date | 1 Jan 2015 |
| Edition | 5. |
| Pages | 1149-1200 |
| Chapter | 30 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4200-8401-6 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-4200-8402-3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2015 |