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The electrochemical reduction of benzo- and naphthoquinones in the presence and absence of oxygen was studied by cyclic voltammetry and with a rotating disk-ring electrode. The data obtained can be used to evaluate the reactivity of quiones relative to the oxygen radical-anion.
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Institute of Organic Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 5 Murmanskaya ul. Kiev-94 253660, Ukraine. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 36–40, January–February, 2000.
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Smertenko, E.A., Staninets, V.I., Datsenko, S.D. et al. Reaction of electrochemically generated oxygen radical-anion with benzo-and naphthoquinones. Theor Exp Chem 36, 37–41 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02511534
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