Abstract
A kinetic study of the electrochemical oxidation of 1,3,5-trimethoxybenzene (TMB) by direct electron transfer at treated gold disk was combined with results of electrolysis in order to produce total degradation into CO 2 and H 2O at Ta/PbO 2 anode. The oxidation of TMB at gold electrode was studied by cyclic voltammetry. The cyclic voltammogram shows one irreversible anodic peak (I) corresponding to the oxidation of adsorbed TMB molecules. The proposed mechanism is based on the hypothesis of two-electron oxidation of TMB molecule leading, via intermediate of a radical cation, to the formation of the 2,4,6-trimethoxyphenol (TMP) and an adsorbed polymeric film. The TMP molecule undergoes a rapid oxidation leading to the formation of 2,6-dimethoxy-p-benzoquinone (DMBQ) as a major product. Degradation of TMB was studied by galvanostatic electrolysis using Ta/PbO 2 anode. The influence of initial TMB concentration and applied current density was investigated. Measurement of total organic carbon (TOC) and analysis by HPLC were used to follow this degradation. The experimental data indicated that the removal of TMB follows a pseudo first-order kinetic. The efficiency of the electrochemical process increases at lower current density and higher TMB initial concentration while it decreases with the TOC removal progress.
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