Electrochemical Behavior of Some Thiotriazoles in Aqueous‐Alcoholic Media at GCE

An electrochemical study related to the electrooxidation of 4‐amino‐3‐thio‐5‐methyl‐1,2,4‐triazole (I), 4‐amino‐3‐thio‐5‐phenyl‐1,2,4‐triazole (II) and 3‐thio‐5‐phenyl‐1,2,4‐triazole (III), in 10% v/v methanol‐acetate buffer pH 4.6 has been performed. A variety of electrochemical techniques such as differential pulse voltammetry, cyclic voltammetry, double‐potential step chronoamperometry, rotating‐disk electrode voltammetry and coulometry, were employed to clarify that the mechanism of the electrode process follows the oxidation of thiol compounds. All the compounds exhibit similar redox behavior under the given conditions. They display one irreversible oxidation peak, which is diffusion controlled. From the plot of current function in cyclic voltammetry and the ratio of i_c/i_a less than one in double‐potential step chronoamperometry, it was established that these compounds undergo an one electron oxidation followed by a dimerization process involving the formation of disulfide derivative (EC mechanism). The pK_a values were obtained by the dependence of limiting current and potential with in the wide pH interval. The transfer coefficients, the diffusion coefficients and rate constant of coupled chemical reaction were also reported. The substituent effects were also investigated.