The electrochemical reduction of benzoic acid (BZA) has been studied at platinum microelectrodes (10 µm and 2 µm diameter) in acetonitrile (MeCN) and six room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs): [C 2 mim][NTf 2 ], [C 4 mpyrr][NTf 2 ], [C 4 mim][OTf], [C 4 mim][NO 3 ] and [C 4 mim][PF 6 ] (where [C n mim] + = 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium, [NTf 2 ] − = bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide, [C 4 mpyrr] + = N-butyl-N-methylpyrrolidinium, [OTf] − = trifluoromethlysulfonate, [NO 3 ] − = nitrate and [PF 6 ] − = hexafluorophosphate). Based on the theoretical fitting to experimental chronoamperometric transients in [C 4 mpyrr][NTf 2 ] and MeCN at several concentrations and on