Fig. 2: Catalytic performance of CP and CP-CTAB in electrochemical pinacol coupling.

a Reaction rate and b stereoselectivity of hydrobenzoin over CP and CP-CTAB electrodes at −1.4 V versus Ag/AgCl with 1 mM CTAB in 0.5 M Na2SO4 electrolyte. c Reaction rate and d stereoselectivity of hydrobenzoin over CP-CTAB electrode at different potentials with 1 mM CTAB in 0.5 M Na2SO4 electrolyte. e Reaction rate and f stereoselectivity of hydrobenzoin over CP-CTAB electrode at −1.4 V versus Ag/AgCl with different concentrations of CTAB in 0.5 M Na2SO4 electrolyte. Error bars correspond to the standard deviation of three independent measurements.