TY - JOUR
T1 - Voltammetric characterisation of the radical anions of 4-nitrophenol, 2-cyanophenol and 4-cyanophenol in N,N-dimethylformamide electrogenerated at gold electrodes
AU - Forryan, C.L.
AU - Lawrence, N.S.
AU - Rees, N.V.
AU - Compton, R.G.
N1 - Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2004/1/1
Y1 - 2004/1/1
N2 - The electrochemical reductions of 4-nitrophenol, 2-cyanophenol and 4-cyanophenol were studied in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) at gold macro- and microdisk electrodes. It was inferred at the gold macroelectrode that the reduction of the parent molecule to the corresponding radical anion is chemically irreversible due to a rapid protonation process in which the basic radical anion reacts with the acidic parent compound. The use of microdisk electrodes and fast scan cyclic voltammetry (144 kVs) for the reduction of each of the three compounds of interest failed to outrun the kinetics of the protonation reaction, suggesting a fast process with a second-order rate constant in excess of 1 × 10 M s.
AB - The electrochemical reductions of 4-nitrophenol, 2-cyanophenol and 4-cyanophenol were studied in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) at gold macro- and microdisk electrodes. It was inferred at the gold macroelectrode that the reduction of the parent molecule to the corresponding radical anion is chemically irreversible due to a rapid protonation process in which the basic radical anion reacts with the acidic parent compound. The use of microdisk electrodes and fast scan cyclic voltammetry (144 kVs) for the reduction of each of the three compounds of interest failed to outrun the kinetics of the protonation reaction, suggesting a fast process with a second-order rate constant in excess of 1 × 10 M s.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jelechem.2003.07.001
DO - 10.1016/j.jelechem.2003.07.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0344493978
SN - 1572-6657
VL - 561
SP - 53
EP - 65
JO - Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
JF - Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
IS - SUPPL. 1
ER -