Electropolymerized Manganese Tetraaminophthalocyanine Thin Films onto Platinum Ultramicroelectrode for the Electrochemical Detection of Peroxynitrite in Solution

Peroxynitrite, ONOO^? also so‐called PON, is a very powerful oxidant and cytotoxic agent produced in biological systems by the recombination of nitric oxide and superoxide anion radical. Most of the techniques for assaying PON (chemiluminescence, fluorescence, UV‐visible spectroscopy, immunochemistry and EPR ) use indirect methods relying on measurements of secondary species. We report in this study the calibration of a chemically modified Pt ultramicroelectrode by electropolymerized manganese tetraaminophthalocyanine film (MnTAPc) for the determination of PON in aqueous solution. The obtained result allows showing for the first time a real‐time calibration curve of the amperometric determination of stable PON in aqueous solution. The sensitivity of the sensor is 14.6 nA mM^?1 and its detection limit is 5 μM.