Recent advances on boron doped diamond (BDD) electrode as cathode in organic and inorganic preparative electrotransformations

Although anodic oxidation reactions mediated by boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrodes have been broadly studied, research on cathodic conversion remains still scarce despite the favorable characteristics of this electrode for such application. A detailed survey of the recent literature about processes in which boron-doped diamond electrode has been employed in cathodic reactions is presented, including inorganic species (O2, CO2, nitrate, metaborate) and organic compounds (carbonyl, nitro groups and halogenated compounds).