Investigation of the Electrochemical Reduction of Benzophenone in Aprotic Solvents Using the Method of Cyclic Voltammetry |
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Authors: | Nikos G Tsierkezos |
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Institution: | 1.Institut für Chemie,Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin,Berlin,Germany |
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Abstract: | The reduction of benzophenone (Bzph) in 3-pentanone (PEN), acetone (ACE), N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMA), N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), tetrahydrofuran (THF), acetonitrile (ACN) and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) with n-tetrabutylammonium hexafluorophosphate (TBAPF6) as background electrolyte was studied using the technique of cyclic voltammetry at the temperature of 263.15 K. The half-wave
potentials (E
1/2) were extracted. The reduction of Bzph occurs in two successive one-electron steps to produce first the free radical anion
Bzph− and then the dianion Bzph2−. The results indicated that the radical anion Bzph− is reoxidized to Bzph in all investigated solvent media whereas the dianion Bzph2− is reoxidized to Bzph− only in THF. The heterogeneous electron-transfer rate constants (k
s
) were evaluated by employing the electrochemical rate equation proposed by Nicholson. The rate of electron transfer for the
Bzph/Bzph− couple was found to be relatively slow in all investigated solvent media. Consequently, the electron-transfer processes can
be recognized as quasi-reversible. The diffusion coefficients (D) of Bzph in the investigated solvent media have been calculated using the modified Randles-Sevcik equation. The effect of
the physical and chemical properties of the solvent medium on the electrochemical behavior of Bzph has been examined. |
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Keywords: | Benzophenone Cyclic voltammetry Diffusion coefficient Half-wave potential Heterogeneous electron-transfer rate constant |
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