Suspensions of some water‐insoluble organic compounds, such as alcohols, amines, activated olefines, and dibromobenzene, were electrolyzed efficiently on a hydrophobic electrode prepared by composite‐plating nickel with tetrafluoroethylene oligomer (TFEO) particles. This result suggests a useful method for suspension electrolysis from a practical aspect and a hypothesis (organic droplet‐collecting effect) that the hydrophobic electrode surface is covered by thin films of the organic compounds and consequently the electrolysis of water (oxygen and hydrogen evolution) is suppressed.
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