Electrocatalytic oxidation of saccharose in alkaline medium

The electrocatalytic oxidation of saccharose solutions was carried out in alkaline medium on various noble and non-noble electrodes, with the aim of checking the electroreactivity of saccharose and its potentiality as a raw material for electrosynthesis. The best electrocatalytic activity was obtained with gold. In this latter case, chromatographic analysis of electrolysed solutions allowed us to identify numerous monocarboxylic acids, some of them resulting from the breaking of the COC bond.