Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Cysteine and Cystine at a Carbon-Paste Electrode Modified with Ruthenium(IV) Oxide

The electrocatalytic activity of ruthenium(IV) oxide incorporated into a carbon-paste electrode was studied in the oxidation of cysteine and cystine. The oxidation potentials of the amino acids decreased and the current peaks of their oxidation increased at a modified electrode as compared to an unmodified one. Procedures for the voltammetric determination of cysteine and cystine with the use of electrodes chemically modified with ruthenium(IV) oxide were proposed.     

Electrocatalytic Oxidation and Flow-Injection Determination of Sulfur-Containing Amino Acids at Graphite Electrodes Modified with a Ruthenium Hexacyanoferrate Film

The electrochemical behavior of sulfur-containing amino acids (cysteine, cystine, and methionine) at graphite electrodes modified with a ruthenium(III) hexacyanoferrate(II) film was studied. Glassy carbon and carbon paste were used as graphite materials. The electrocatalytic oxidation of amino acids at a modified electrode resulted in a decrease in the oxidation potentials of amino acids and an increase in the currents of their oxidation peaks as compared to those observed at an unmodified electrode. The voltammetric characteristics and hydrodynamic conditions for detecting the maximum catalytic current were found. A procedure is proposed for the electrocatalytic determination of cysteine, cystine, and methionine at a carbon-paste electrode modified with an inorganic film of ruthenium(III) hexacyanoferrate(II) under the conditions of flow-injection analysis.     

Determination of the Absolute Rate Constants of Reactions between Diphenyl Carbonyl Oxide and Alcohols by Flash Photolysis

The rate constants of the reactions of diphenyl carbonyl oxide Ph₂COO with a number of alcohols and water in acetonitrile, benzene, andn-decane solutions (295 K) were measured by flash photolysis. The rate constants vary over a range from 400 (triphenylmethanol in a MeCN solution) to 2.5 × 10⁵ l mol^–1 s^–1 (adamantanol in a benzene solution). -Methoxydiphenylmethyl hydroperoxide is the reaction product of Ph₂COO and MeOH. The absence of a kinetic isotope effect and the dependence of the logarithms of the rate constants on the first ionization potentials of alcohols are indicative of the formation of a C–O bond at the rate-limiting step of the reaction.     

Electricoswitchable bonding of metal ions and complexes by calixarenes

The results of authors on designing electroswitchable supramolecular systems based on calix[4]arenes, calix[4]resorcinols, and transition metal ions and complexes are summarized. We consider systems in which the switching is performed owing to electrochemical reactions both of groups grafted to the macrocycle and bound substrates. Examples of electrochemically switchable luminescence are given.     

Surface Activity of Fatty Acid Salts in Aqueous Solutions

The surface activity of sodium, potassium and, ammonium salts of fatty acids [stearic, oleic, synthetic fatty acids (C_{1 3}-C_{1 5} fractions), higher fatty acids contained in bottoms after separation of volatile fatty acids from cotton oil] in aqueous solutions was studied and analyzed.     

Electrochemical synthesis of metal nanoparticles using a polymeric mediator,whose reduced form is adsorbed (deposited) on an electrode

Efficient mediated electrosynthesis of nanocomposite Au@р(MVCA⁸⁺-co-St) (~6 nm), in which ultrasmall Au nanoparticles (Au-NP) were bound in nanocapsules of water-soluble nanoparticles of соpolymer р(MVCA⁸⁺-co-St) of tetraviologen calix[4]resorcinol (MVCA⁸⁺) with styrene (St), was accomplished by the reduction of Au^I in aqueous medium. The quanti- tative reduction of Au^I was carried out using the theoretically necessary amount of electricity and was not accompanied by the deposition of metal on the electrode. Radical cations of viologen units MV^?+ of the molecule р(MVCA^4?+-co-St) adsorbed on the electrode and π-dimers MV^?+···MV^?+ of π-polymers [р(MVCA^4?+-co-St)] _n deposited on the electrode act- ed as the reducing agents with respect to Au^I. During electrolysis, the nanoparticles agglo- merated to 37—50 nm. The nanocomposite particles dispersed in ethanol had sizes of 72±16 nm and also contained Au-NP with sizes of 51±8 and 19±3 nm. The catalytic activity of the nanocomposite in the reduction of p-nitrophenol with sodium borohydride was demon- strated. A similar reduction of AgCl nanoparticles (~250 nm) led to the formation of silver nanoparticles with crystallite sizes in the range of 7—11 nm, the process was inefficient, however, even when using 250% of electricity, an incomplete reduction of AgCl was still observed.     

Synthesis and antiadrenergic properties of β-substituted alcohols based on 6-hydroxymethylpyridoxine

An approach to the synthesis of epoxides based on 6-hydroxymethylpyridoxine acetals was developed. The epoxides obtained were involved in the ring opening reactions by nitrogen-, oxygen-, and sulfur-containing nucleophiles. Cytotoxicity and antiadrenergic properties of some synthesized compounds were studied on the models in situ and in vivo.     

Binding of 1,5-bis(p-sulfonatophenyl)-3,7-diphenyl-1,5-diaza-3,7-diphosphacyclooctane with tetra(methyl viologen) calix[4]resorcinol

Binding of an amphiphilic dianion 1,5-bis(p-sulfonatophenyl)-3,7-diphenyl-1,5-diaza-3,7-diphosphacyclooctane (APCO^2?) with an amphiphilic octacation tetra(methyl viologen) calix[4]resorcinol (MVCA⁸⁺) in media containing different amounts of water and DMSO using NaClO₄ or NaCl as supporting electrolytes was shown for the first time by cyclic voltammetry and spectrophotometry. The stoichiometry of the complex depends on the MVCA⁸⁺: APCO^2? ratio, medium, and supporting electrolyte. A 1: 1 charge-transfer complex is mainly formed (λ_max = 480 nm) in 30% DMSO at a ratio of the compounds of 1: 1. A similar 1: 1 complex of APCO^2? with a model compound methyl viologen MV²⁺ (λ_max = 482 nm) is formed under these conditions. A donor-acceptor interaction occurs between the acceptor viologen units and nitrogen-centered electron-donating fragments of the APCO^2? dianion. An increase in the content of APCO^2? in the solution leads to an additional binding of one (30 vol.% DMSO, water, NaClO₄) or two (30 vol.% DMSO, water, NaCl) particles of APCO^2? with the hydrophobic fragments of MVCA⁸⁺. The complexes aggregate to form insoluble precipitates in aqueous and water-DMSO media. A selective reversible electroswitching from the bound to free state of one of the three bound APCO^2? particles was performed when reducing MVCA⁸⁺ to MVCA^4·+ in a 30 vol.% DMSO/NaCl medium.     

Two-step one-pot electrosynthesis and catalytic activity of xCoO–yCo(OH)2-supported silver nanoparticles

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - Efficient two-step electrosynthesis of xCoO–yCo(OH)2 (CoOxHy)-supported silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) is carried out in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF)...     

Molecular Oxygen as Mediator in the Metal Nanoparticles’ Electrosynthesis in <Emphasis Type="Italic">N,N</Emphasis>-Dimethylformamide

Ultra-fine gold (<2 nm), silver (5 ± 2 nm), and palladium (<1–2 nm) nanoparticles stabilized in polyvinylpyrrolidone shell were synthesized in N,N-dimethylformamide, using molecular oxygen dissolved in the electrolyte as mediator, by the reduction of the metals’ ions and complexes at the controlled potential of the oxygen reduction to its radical-anion. Pd-nanoparticles showed high catalytic activity in the reactions of p-nitrophenol reduction and Suzuki cross-coupling. Long-term ageing of spherical Ag-nanoparticles for 60 days in the post- electrolysis solution resulted in their consolidation (up to 17 ± 5 nm; the average size of crystallites 7.5 (3) nm). Upon similar exposure of Au-nanoparticles for 15 days, V-shaped nanoparticles were formed (length 112 ± 53 nm, width 58 ± 22 nm, crystallites 20(2)–31(1) nm); upon the isolation, dispersing into ethanol, and exposure for 48 h, hexagonal nanoparticles (105 ± 29 nm) and polygons (56 ± 25 nm, crystallites 24(2)–51(1) nm; upon dispersing into water and exposure for 8 h, spherical nanoparticles (13 ± 8 nm, crystallites 7(1)–13.4(5) nm). Thus obtained nanoparticles are characterized by methods of cyclic voltammetry, dynamic light scattering, scanning and high resolution transmission electron microscopy, and X-ray powder diffraction.