This paper presents a study of voltammetry at microdisc electrodes for a stepwise two electron reduction (A + 2e− ⇌ B + e− ⇌ C) where the relevant formal potentials of the A/B and B/C couples are such that two distinct voltammetric waves are seen. Simulations are used to explore quantitatively the effect of comproportionation (A + C → 2B) on the observed cyclic voltammetry and potential-step chronoamperometry. It is found that, in the limit of electrochemical reversibility, the presence of comproportionation can be discerned using cyclic voltammetry only at high scan-rates and when the diffusion coefficients of the species (D
A, D
B, and D
C) are significantly different, such that D
B/D
A > 1.5 and D
C/D
A > 1.5 or D
B/D
A < 0.75 and D
C/D
A < 0.75. The theory is used to provide clear evidence for diffusionally controlled comproportionation in the stepwise two electron reduction of para-quaterphenyl in the solvent THF.