Catalytic oxidation of ascorbic acid by some ferrocene derivative mediators at the glassy carbon electrode. Application to the voltammetric resolution of ascorbic acid and dopamine in the same sample

Direct-current cyclic voltammetry is used to investigate the suitability of some ferrocene derivatives such as ferrocenecarboxylic acid, ferroceneacetic acid and ferrocenemethanol as mediators for ascorbic acid oxidation in aqueous solutions with low pH. The ascorbic acid coupled catalytically to three ferrocene derivatives exhibiting homogeneous second-order rate constants k(s), in the range 7.36 x 10(5) - 1.23 x 10(7). The catalytic oxidation peak current was linearly dependent on the ascorbic acid concentration and the linearity range obtained in the presence of ferrocenecarboxilic acid, having the largest second-order rate constant, was 5 x 10(-5) - 1.5 x 10(-3) M. The catalytic effect of the ferrocene derivatives on the electrochemical oxidation of ascorbic acid reduced the oxidation potential of ascorbic acid, resulting in the separation of the overlapping voltammograms of ascorbic acid and dopamine at the glassy carbon electrode in a mixture. This allowed the determination of ascorbic acid in the presence of dopamine. The calibration graph obtained by linear sweep voltammetry for ascorbic acid in the presence of dopamine of fixed concentration is linear in the range 5 x 10(-5) - 1.5 x 10(-3) M. In a similar manner, dopamine is determined in the presence of a high concentration of ascorbic acid, up to 100 times that of dopamine, using ferroceneacetic acid as the most suitable mediator for this purpose.     

聚苯胺薄膜修饰电极对抗坏血酸的电催化氧化

本文表明聚苯胺(PAn)薄膜修饰电极对水溶液中的抗坏血酸(AH_2)在较宽的pH范围和较宽的浓度范围内均有良好的电催化氧化作用, 为EC平行催化过程。利用旋转圆盘电极(RDE)进行了催化过程动力学分析, 求出了催化反应动力学参数。在抗坏血酸浓度10~(-2)～10~(-6) mol·L~(-1)范围内, 催化峰电流与AH_2浓度均成良好的线性关系, 且PAn薄膜修饰电极具有很好的稳定性, 有应用分析抗坏血酸的意义。     

Schiff base complexes of vanadium(III, IV, V) as catalysts for the electroreduction of O2 to H2O in acetonitrile

Fifteen Schiff base ligands were synthesized and used to form complexes with vanadium in oxidation states III, IV, and V. Electrochemical and spectral characteristics of the complexes were evaluated and compared. In acidified solutions in acetonitrile the vanadium(IV) complexes undergo reversible disproportionation to form V(III) and V(V) complexes. With several of the ligands the V(III) complexes are much more stable in the presence of acid than is the previously studied complex with salen, an unelaborated Schiff base ligand (H(2) salen = N,N'-ethylenebis(salicylideneamine)). Equilibrium constants for the disproportionation were evaluated. The vanadium(III) complexes reduce dioxygen to form two oxo ligands. The reaction is stoichiometric in the absence of acid, and second-order rate constants were evaluated. In the presence of acid some of the complexes investigated participate in a catalytic electroreduction of dioxygen.     

Alkane Oxidation with Molecular Oxygen Using a New Efficient Catalytic System: N-Hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI) Combined with Co(acac)(n)() (n = 2 or 3)

A novel class of catalysts for alkane oxidation with molecular oxygen was examined. N-Hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI) combined with Co(acac)(n)() (n = 2 or 3) was found to be an efficient catalytic system for the aerobic oxidation of cycloalkanes and alkylbenzenes under mild conditions. Cycloalkanes were successfully oxidized with molecular oxygen in the presence of a catalytic amount of NHPI and Co(acac)(2) in acetic acid at 100 degrees C to give the corresponding cycloalkanones and dicarboxylic acids. Alkylbenzenes were also oxidized with dioxygen using this catalytic system. For example, toluene was converted into benzoic acid in excellent yield under these conditions. Ethyl- and butylbenzenes were selectively oxidized at their alpha-positions to form the corresponding ketones, acetophenone, and 1-phenyl-1-butanone, respectively, in good yields. A key intermediate in this oxidation is believed to be the phthalimide N-oxyl radical generated from NHPI and molecular oxygen using a Co(II) species. The isotope effect (k(H)/k(D)) in the oxidation of ethylbenzene and ethylbenzene-d(10) with dioxygen using NHPI/Co(acac)(2) was 3.8.     

Selective oxidation of ethylbenzene by dioxygen. The effect of chelate center on catalysis by bicyclic nickel complexes

The effect of the nature of the chelate center in Ni^II complexes on their catalytic activity in the selective oxidation of ethylbenzene by dioxygen to α-phenylethyl hydroperoxide in the presence of nickel bis(acetylacetonate) (chelate center Ni(O,O)₂) and nickel bis(enaminoacetonate) (chelate center Ni(O,NH)₂) was studied. The efficiency of selective oxidation of ethylbenzene increases substantially in the presence of the chelate with the Ni(O,NH)₂ active center as a catalyst, which is mainly due to the transformation of the catalyst into more active species during the oxidation process. The mechanism of transformation of nickel bis(enaminoacetonate) under the action of dioxygen was suggested. The sequence of formation of the reaction products at different stages of the catalytic process was determined. The activity of the nickel complex with the Ni(O,NH)₂ chelate center and the products of its transformation in the elementary stages of chain oxidation of ethylbenzene is discussed. Translated fromIzvestiya Akedemii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 55–60, January, 1999.     

Electrocatalytic determination of ascorbic acid on a glassy carbon electrode chemically modified with cobalt pentacyanonitrosylferrate.

An electrochemically prepared thin film of cobalt pentacyanonitrosylferrate (GC/CoPCNF) was used as a surface modifier for glassy carbon electrodes. The oxidation of ascorbic acid on a glassy carbon electrode modified with GC/CoPCNF as a working electrode was studied using cyclic voltammetry, rotating disk electrode (RDE) voltammetry and chronoamperometry in a 0.25 M KNO3 + 0.25 M phosphate buffer (pH 7) solution. The glassy carbon modified with CoPCNF showed good electrocatalytic activity toward ascorbic acid oxidation. The kinetics of the catalytic reaction was investigated, and the average value of the rate constant (k) for the catalytic reaction and the diffusion coefficient (D) were evaluated by different approaches for ascorbic acid, and were found to be 3.3 +/- 0.3 x 10(2) M(-1) s(-1) and 3.2 +/- 0.3 x 10(-6) cm2 s(-1), respectively.     

维生素C氧化反应的研究: H2O2-Cu^2^+-磷酸体系中的反应动力学

研究了在铜离子存在时的弱酸性条件下, 用过氧化氢氧化维生素C, 并用直接分光光度法测定未变化的酸, 表明维生素C的催化氧化是以链式反应机制进行的.     

多巴胺和抗坏血酸在十六烷基三甲基溴化铵/碳纳米管电极上的检测

研究了十六烷基三甲基溴化铵(CTMAB)/多壁碳纳米管修饰玻碳电极的制备以及多巴胺和抗坏血酸在该修饰电极上的电化学行为。在CTMAB和多壁碳纳米管的协同作用下,该修饰电极对多巴胺和抗坏血酸均具有显著的催化氧化作用,多巴胺和抗坏血酸的氧化峰电位分别为223mV和15mV,实现了在抗坏血酸共存时测定多巴胺。在pH7.0的磷酸盐缓冲溶液中,多巴胺和抗坏血酸的线性范围分别为2.0×10-6～2.0×10-3mol/L和4.0×10-5～1.0×10-2mol/L,检出限分别为6.0×10-7mol/L和1.0×10-5mol/L。     

Efficient oxidation of alcohols to carbonyl compounds with molecular oxygen catalyzed by N-hydroxyphthalimide combined with a Co species

Highly efficient catalytic oxidation of alcohols with molecular oxygen by N-hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI) combined with a Co species was developed. The oxidation of 2-octanol in the presence of catalytic amounts of NHPI and Co(OAc)2 under atmospheric dioxygen in AcOEt at 70 degrees C gave 2-octanone in 93% yield. The oxidation was significantly enhanced by adding a small amount of benzoic acid to proceed smoothly even at room temperature. Primary alcohols were oxidized by NHPI in the absence of any metal catalyst to form the corresponding carboxylic acids in good yields. In the oxidation of terminal vic-diols such as 1,2-butanediol, carbon-carbon bond cleavage was induced to give one carbon less carboxylic acids such as propionic acid, while internal vic-diols were selectively oxidized to 1,2-diketones.     

Catalytic Oxidation of Ascorbic Acid at a Polyhistidine Modified Electrode and Its Application to the Voltammetric Resolution of Ascorbic Acid and Dopamine

Abstract

A new polymer (polyhistidine) modified electrode has been fabricated and was applied to the catalytic oxidation of ascorbic acid (AA), reducing the overpotential by 400 mV. The catalytic rate constant of the modified electrode for the oxidation of AA was determined using a rotating electrode. The catalytic current was linearly dependent on the ascorbic acid concentration between 5×10^?5 and 2×10^?3 M. The catalytic effect on the AA resulted in the separation of the overlapping voltammograms of AA and dopamine (DA) in a mixture. This allowed the determination of AA in the presence of DA. The electrode was rather stable even after several months; a reproducible response of AA was obtained.     

A new strategy for alkane oxidation with O2 using N‐hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI) as a radical catalyst

A practical catalytic method to convert alkanes into the corresponding oxygen‐containing compounds with O₂ under mild conditions using N‐hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI) in the presence or absence of a transition metal was developed. Thus, cyclohexane was successfully converted into adipic acid in good conversion and selectivity by a combined catalytic system consisting of NHPI and Mn(acac)₂. Lower alkane such as isobutane was converted into t‐butyl alcohol (83%) under 10 atm of air by NHPI‐Co(OAc)₂ system. Alkylbenzene such as toluene was oxidized to benzoic acid in high yield (81%) under normal temperature and pressure of dioxygen in the presence of a catalytic amount of NHPI and Co(OAc)₂. ESR measurements showed that phthalimide‐N‐oxyl generated from NHPI under dioxygen atmosphere is a key species in this oxidation and functions as a radical catalyst.     

Syntheses, characterization and study of the use of cobalt (II) Schiff-base complexes as catalysts for the oxidation of styrene by molecular oxygen

Schiff-Base complexes of bis-5-phenylazosalicylaldehyde ethylenediimine and bis-5-phenylazosalicylaldehyde-O-phenylenediimine ligands with Co(II) (I and II) have been synthesized and characterized by their IR spectra and elemental analyses. These complexes catalyze the oxidation of styrene in the presence of dioxygen and excess pyridine. The effect of the reaction conditions on the oxidation of styrene was studied by varying solvent, nature and amount of the catalyst and substrate. The catalytic behavior of the studied complexes was shown to be dependent on the conditions applied. In all reactions, acetophenone and 1- phenylethanol were the only observed products.     

Dioxygen Affinities and Catalytic Oxidation Performance of Cobalt (II)Complexes with N-Aryl Hydroxamic Acid

It is well known that the study on biomimetic oxygen carriers not only has important theoretic significance to discover the mechanism of reversible bonding, activating oxygen as well as the oxidation reaction in organism, but also has potential application in separating oxygen from air and realizing the high efficiency and selectivity of catalytic oxidation reaction under a mild condition1. Metal- porphyrin and metal- phthalol- gaunine have been extensively used as biomimetic oxygen carriers u…     

Catalysis of dioxygen reduction at soluble polyaniline modified electrode

A reflux-treatment of soluble polyaniline (SPA) in dimethylformamide (DMF) containing CoCl₂ yields an active catalyst for dioxygen reduction which can be adsorbed on the electrode surface firmly. The catalytic reduction of dioxygen at the glassy carbon (GC) electrode modified by the catalyst was studied with cyclic voltammetry (CV), rotating disk electrode (RDE) and rotating ring-disk electrode (RRDE). The kinetic process of dioxygen reduction at the modified electrode was analyzed with a new RRDE theory dealing with a nondiffusion-controlled process on ring electrode. The rate constants for each scheme of dioxygen reduction were calculated, showing that only 2-electron reduction to H₂O₂ was conducted at the modified electrode. The effect of solution acidity on the electrocatalytic behaviour for dioxygen reduction was investigated. A possibility of initiating catalytic activity for dioxygen reduction was explored with ESCA method.     

Catalytic effects of metal submonolayers formed by faradaic adsorption on the anodic oxidation of ascorbic acid at a platinum electrode

The catalytic effects of metal ions on the anodic oxidation of ascorbic acid on a Pt electrode in 1 M HClO₄ were studied by linear sweep voltammetry. The anodic peak due to a two-electron oxidation of ascorbic acid shifts to the negative potential side on the addition of Bi³⁺. This indicates the accelerating effect of Bi³⁺ on the oxidation of ascorbic acid. The presence of other metal ions, such as Pb²⁺, Hg²⁺, Tl⁺, Ag⁺ and Sb³⁺, also exerts similar effects. These metal ions were adsorbed on a Pt electrode at underpotentials and the adsorbed metals (denoted as M_ad) still remain on the electrode surface until the electrode potential goes up to and beyond the peak potential of the oxidation of ascorbic acid. On the other hand, metal ions forming no adsorbed layer on Pt, such as Co²⁺, Zn²⁺, Fe³⁺ and Ni²⁺, exhibit no catalytic effect. These facts suggest that the presence of a M_ad on Pt is essential for the promotion of the anodic oxidation of ascorbic acid. However, there is a difference in the catalytic action among the M_ad, for example, Cu_ad, Cd_ad, In_ad, Sn_ad and Mo_ad display no catalytic action.The catalytic activity depends on the degree of surface coverage by the M_ad. The maximal effect of the M_ad is attained in the submonolayer region. The effects of metal ions were discussed on the basis that the M_ad plays its major role in the removal of the adsorbed ascorbic acid occupying active sites on the electrode surface, and provides effective sites for the activation of adjacent water molecules. Furthermore, from the ¹³C NMR spectra for the oxidation products, the adsorbed water on the M_ad appears to function by promoting the subsequent hydration steps, following the electron-transfer step of ascorbic acid.     

Combined redox couples for catalytic oxidation of methane by dioxygen at low temperatures

The combination of three redox couples Pd2+/Pd0-quinone/hydroquinone-NO2/NO creates an electron-transfer loop, which facilitates one-pot catalytic oxidation of methane selectively to methanol by dioxygen in CF3COOH at a temperature as low as 80 degrees C. This is the first example where an organic cocatalyst significantly increases the catalytic efficiency of a transition metal in the selective oxidation of methane in the presence of dioxygen.     

Selective oxidation of ethylbenzene by dioxygen in the presence of complexes of nickel and cobalt with macrocyclic polyethers

The oxidation of alkylarenes by dioxygen in the presence of complexes of nickel and cobalt with macrocyclic ethers 18-crown-6 and 15-crown-5 was studied. The conditions for selective catalytic oxidation of ethylbenzene to α-phenylethyl hydroperoxide were determined. The kinetics of the accumulation of all oxidation products was studied. The order of the formation of the products at different stages of chain oxidation was determined. The activity of the complexes at the elementary stages of the chain oxidation of ethylbenzene is discussed. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 689–693, April. 1997.     

Electrocatalytic characteristics of a 1-[4-(ferrocenyl ethynyl)phenyl]-1-ethanone modified carbon-paste electrode in the oxidation of ascorbic acid.

A carbon-paste electrode spiked with 1-[4-(ferrocenyl ethynyl)phenyl]-1-ethanone was constructed by the incorporation of 1-[4-(ferrocenyl ethynyl)phenyl]-1-ethanone in a graphite powder silicon oil matrix. It shown by cyclic voltammetry and double potential-step chronoamperometry, which this ferrocene derivative modified a carbon-paste electrode, can catalyze the ascorbic acid oxidation in an aqueous buffered solution. It has been found that under the optimum conditions (pH 7.00), the oxidation of ascorbic acid at the surface of this carbon paste modified electrode occurs at a potential of about 260 mV less positive than that of an unmodified carbon-paste electrode. The catalytic oxidation peak current was linearly dependent on the ascorbic acid concentration, and a linear calibration curve was obtained in the range of 6 x 10(-5) M-7 x 10(-3) M of ascorbic acid with a correlation coefficient of 0.9997. The detection limit (2sigma) was determined to be 6.3 x 10(-5) M. This method was also used for the determination of ascorbic acid in some pharmaceutical samples, such as effervescent tablets, ampoules and multivitamin syrup, by using a standard addition method. The reliability of the method was established by a parallel determination against the official method.     

Amperometric determination of ascorbic acid at a novel ‘self-doped’ polyaniline modified microelectrode

A ‘self-doped’ polyaniline modified microelectrode, prepared by cyclic potential sweep on a microdisk gold electrode from –0.2 to 0.85 V in 0.5 mol/L sulfuric acid containing aniline and o-aminobenzoic acid, has been developed. The copolymerized process and the resulting polymer characteristics were investigated in detail. This composite film indicated a good electrochemical activity in a wide pH range even in basic solution. Meanwhile, the redox couple exhibited an excellent electrocatalytic activity for the oxidation of ascorbic acid. The oxidation overpotential of ascorbic acid was decreased over 200 mV at this modified electrode compared with a bare gold one. Moreover, the effects of film thickness and pH on the catalytic efficiency were further studied. The dependence of catalytic currents on the concentration of ascorbic acid was linear in the range of 1.2 × 10^–5～ 2.4 × 10^–3 mol/L with a correlation coefficient of 0.996. Also, the determination of ascorbic acid in actual samples was evaluated and the results are satisfactory.     

Effect of hydrophobized active carbon on the catalytic activity and adsorptivity of supported cobalt(II)-phthalocyanine

The catalytic activity of cobalt(II)-phthalocyanine [Co(II)Pc] supported on active carbon the oxidation of sulfide ions to elemental sulfur by dioxygen in aqueous solution has been studied. Hydrophobization of the carbon surface facilitates activation of dioxygen by adsorption. The sulfide ion is activated mainly on the supported Co(II)Pc.