Electrochemical oxidation of 5-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropterin

The electrochemical oxidation of 5-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropterin (5-MTHP) in aqueous solution has been studied. At, for example, pH 4.7 the primary oxidation reaction responsible for the first voltammetric oxidation peak appears to proceed by two pathways. The first of these is a 2e−2H⁺ process leading to a cationic intermediate that loses a methyl carbonium ion yielding the same quinonoid-dihydropterin formed on 2e−2H⁺ electrooxidation of 5,6,7,8-tetrahydropterin. This quinonoid-dihydropterin then undergoes rearrangement to 7,8-dihydropterin that in its covalently hydrated form is further oxidized yielding pterin and 7,8-dihydroxanthopterin. The second route does not cause demethylation of 5-MTHP and yields 5-methyl-7,8-dihydroxanthopterin.     

Voltammetric behavior of poly(vinylferrocene)

A voltammetric analysis of the electron-transfer process in poly(vinylferrocene) (PVF) has been carried out; the results indicate that the electrochemical behavior of ferrocene and PVF are quite similar. The field effects in the macromolecular environment do, however, appear to influence the microscopic potential for oxidation of adjacent ferrocene residues in PVF. Analysis of the slopes of plots of limiting current versus the square root of the rotation speed indicate that only “isolated” ferrocene residues in the polymers are oxidized under the conditions of the rotating-disk electrode experiment. Diffusion coefficients were determined experimentally for ferrocene and its macromolecular analogs were quite close to those simply calculated from the Stokes-Einstein relationship. Further, it was demonstrated that the molecular weight, which is inversely proportional to the diffusion coefficient, could be determined by voltammetric techniques.     

Deciphering the activation sequence of ferrociphenol anticancer drug candidates

The complete oxidation sequence of a model for ferrociphenols, a new class of anticancer drug candidate, is reported. Cyclic voltammetry was used to monitor the formation of oxidation intermediates on different timescales, thereby allowing the electrochemical characterization of both the short-lived and stable species obtained from the successive electron-transfer and deprotonation steps. The electrochemical preparation of the ferrocenium intermediate enabled a stepwise voltammetric determination of the stable oxidation compounds obtained upon addition of a base as well as the electron stoichiometry observed for the overall oxidation process. A mechanism has been established from the electrochemical data, which involves a base-promoted intramolecular electron transfer between the phenol and the ferrocenium cation. The resulting species is further oxidized then deprotonated to yield a stable quinone methide. To further characterize the transient species successively formed during the two-electron oxidation of the ferrociphenol to its quinone methide, EPR was used to monitor the fate of the paramagnetic species generated upon addition of imidazole to the electrogenerated ferrocenium. The study revealed the passage from an iron-centered to a carbon-centered radical, which is then oxidized to yield the quinone methide, namely, the species that interacts with proteins and so forth under biological conditions.     

Oxidation of Dibenzothiophene Catalyzed by Hemoglobin and Other Hemoproteins in Various Aqueous-Organic Media

Biocatalytic oxidation of dibenzothiophene (a model of organic sulfur in coal) with hydrogen peroxide was investigated. It was found that various hemoproteins, both enzymic (e.g., horseradish peroxidase) and nonenzymic (e.g., bovine blood hemoglobin), readily oxidized dibensothiophene to its S-oxide and, to a minor extent, further to its S-dioxide (sulfone). This process catalyzed by hemoglobin (a slaughterhouse waste protein) was studied in a number of monophasic aqueousorganic mixtures. Although hemoglobin was competent as an oxidation catalyst even in nearly dry organic solvents (with protic, acidic solvents being optimal), the highest conversions were observed in predominantly aqueous media. The hemoglobin-catalyzed oxidation of dibenzothiophene at low concentrations of the protein stopped long before all the substrate was oxidized. This phenomenon was caused by inactivation of hemoglobin by hydrogen peroxide that destroyed the heme moiety. The maximal degree of the hemoglobin-catalyzed dibenzothiophene oxidation was predicted, and found, to be strongly dependent on the reaction medium composition.     

Significant differences in the electrochemical behavior of the alpha-, beta-, gamma-, and delta-tocopherols (vitamin E)

Alpha-, beta-, gamma-, and delta-tocopherols can be oxidized in dry CH2Cl2 or CH3CN by one electron to form cation radicals that deprotonate to form the neutral phenoxyl radicals, which are then immediately further oxidized by one electron to the phenoxonium cations (an ECE electrochemical mechanism, where E signifies an electron transfer and C represents a chemical step, with the electrochemical mechanism having been determined by in situ spectroscopic analysis). The principal difference in the electrochemical behavior of the tocopherols relates to the stability of their associated phenoxonium cations. The phenoxonium cation of alpha-tocopherol is stable in solution for at least several hours, the phenoxonium cation of beta-tocopherol is stable for several minutes, and the phenoxonium cations of gamma- and delta-tocopherol are stable for <1 s. In dry CH2Cl2 containing >0.75 M acid (CF3COOH), the deprotonation reaction of the cation radicals can be completely inhibited resulting in the cyclic voltammetric behavior of the tocopherols appearing as chemically reversible one-electron oxidation processes (an E mechanism). In dry acid conditions, the cation radicals can be further oxidized by one electron to form the dications, which are unstable and immediately deprotonate. The high stability of the phenoxonium cation of alpha-tocopherol compared to the other tocopherols (and most other phenols) is a chemically important feature that may shed new light on understanding alpha-tocopherol's unique biological properties.     

New voltammetric method useful for water insoluble or weakly soluble compounds: application to p<Emphasis Type="Italic">K</Emphasis>a determination of hydroxyl coumarin derivatives

Here, we reveal a different way of doing the voltammetric experiments that considers the electroactive species packaged in the electrodic phase instead of dissolved in solution. In this way, it is possible to obtain voltammograms of insoluble species. In this work, the method is exemplified by obtaining voltammograms for weakly soluble coumarins but it could be extrapolated to other weakly soluble compounds. We have studied a comprehensive series of 3-acetyl-hydroxycoumarins derivatives which are insoluble in aqueous medium but capable of being trapped in a three-dimensional multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) network. Consequently, an electrodic phase composed of an MWCNT modified glassy carbon electrode (GCE) containing the coumarin derivative is prepared. The voltammetric experiment is performed with the above electrodic phase and an aqueous medium as the solution phase. All the coumarin derivatives show one anodic peak due to the oxidation of the hydroxyl group in the phenyl ring. The oxidation peaks follow a one-electron, one-proton irreversible, pH-dependent process for all monohydroxylated compounds. The Ep values are closely dependent of the substituent effect being the 7,8-cum derivative more easily oxidized due to both the electron donor effect of neighboring hydroxyls groups and hydrogen bonding interaction between them. On the other hand, the hydroxyl of the 7-cum derivative is the most difficult to oxidize due to the electron-attracting effect of the lactone carbonyl group at position 2 and acetyl carbonyl at position 3 which is conjugated with OH at 7 positions. From the breaks in the graphs Ep versus pH, we estimate the voltammetric pKa values for all the studied coumarin derivatives.     

Voltammetric determination of vitamin B<Subscript>6</Subscript> (Pyridoxine) using multi wall carbon nanotube modified carbon-ceramic electrode

A simple procedure was developed to prepare a carbon-ceramic electrode (CCE) modified with multi wall carbon nanotube (MWCNT). The electrochemical behavior of pyridoxine was investigated on the obtained electrode in phosphate buffer solution (PBS), pH 7.0. During oxidation of pyridoxine on the MWCNT/CCE, one irreversible anodic peak at E_p = 716 mV vs. SCE appeared. Cyclic voltammetric study indicated that the oxidation process is irreversible and diffusion controlled. The number of exchanged electrons in the electro-oxidation process was obtained, and the data indicated that pyridoxine is oxidized via two one-electron steps. The results revealed that MWCNT promotes the rate of oxidation by increasing the peak current, so that pyridoxine is oxidized at lower potentials, which thermodynamically is more favorable compared with on the bare CCE. A sensitive, simple and time-saving differential pulse voltammetric procedure was developed for the analysis of pyridoxine. Using the proposed method, pyridoxine can be determined with a detection limit of 95 nM. The applicability of the method to direct assays of some commercial pharmaceutical samples is described.     

含钼碱性电解液中小分子醇在铂黑电极上氧化时的周期性及非周期性振荡

乙醇和甲醇在含钼碱性溶液中的铂黑电极上氧化时,在一定条件下可得到循环伏安曲线的周期性及非周期性振荡．通过微调下限电位可控制振荡的周期,其中非周期性振荡具有混沌的特性．讨论了钼的存在及碱浓度的变化对振荡的影响．结果表明,钼的氧化还原振子在电极表面与小分子醇的氧化过程中发生耦合作用是导致振荡的关键     

Electrochemically driven formation of a molecular capsule around the ferrocenium ion

Electrochemical experiments were used to show that the oxidation of ferrocene triggers the self-assembly of six molecules of the resocin[4]arene 2 to form a molecular capsule around the oxidized, ferrocenium (+1) form. The nature of the supporting electrolyte anion is crucial for this process of electrochemically driven self-assembly. 1H NMR spectroscopic data obtained with cobaltocenium, a diamagnetic analogue of the paramagnetic ferrocenium ion, verify its encapsulation by six molecules of 2. The encapsulation of cobaltocenium was also observed in voltammetric experiments. Encapsulation of ferrocenium (or cobaltocenium) inside the large 26 capsule led to a dramatic slowing of its usually fast, one-electron electrochemical reduction to ferrocene (or cobaltocene).     

Spectrometric and Voltammetric Characterization of Obidoxime in Aqueous Solutions

Obidoxime is a pharmacologically active compound used as an acetylcholinesterase reactivator. The scope of this study was to establish correlations between its acid–base and redox equilibria and its mechanism as an acetylcholinesterase reactivator. The obidoxime dicationic structure is modified by the pH of the solvating medium due to tautomeric isomerizations. The possibility of stabilizing its structure as a dicationic, monocationic, and a neutral species was studied by ultraviolet–visible spectrometry and cyclic and differential pulse voltammetry. Spectrometric and voltammetric studies were performed across a large pH interval (2.00–9.80) of the solvating medium. Absorption measurements revealed the existence of three species involved in two tautomeric equilibria implying oxime and nitroso groups. The structure bearing nitroso groups, stabilized at higher pH, is more likely to behave as a nucleophilic agent than the structure with oxime groups, explaining thus its acetylcholinesterase reactivation. The obidoxime voltammetric behavior at a glassy carbon electrode is complex. Both its oxidation and reduction are diffusion-controlled processes. Anodic signals were obtained only at pH values above 6.50 and the oxidation occurs at the anion oxime group involving two electrons and one proton. The obidoxime reduction is pH dependent only for neutral or alkaline media, giving rise to two or even four signals (for pH higher than 7.50) depending on pH. The peak at less positive potentials was always well defined.     

烟酸的电化学行为与测定

用循环伏安法研究了不同支持电解质溶液中烟酸的电化学行为。烟酸在玻碳电极表面有良好的电化学响应信号。在碱性介质中,烟酸被不可逆氧化,氧化产物具有电活性,可发生准可逆氧化还原反应;在酸性介质中,烟酸发生两步准可逆氧化还原反应。结合红外、紫外光谱分析,提出了烟酸在不同酸度的介质中的电化学反应历程。并根据－０．１３Ｖ处的氧化峰电流与烟酸浓度的关系,提出了电化学测定烟酸的新方法     

Electrochemical Behavior of Dopamine at a Mercury Electrode in the Presence of Citrate: Analytical Applications

Abstract

Dopamine can be determined by voltammetric methods using a mercury electrode, previously oxidized at +0.30 V. The oxidation product formed is stabilized in the presence of citrate and undergoes reduction at ?0.31 V. This work describes the electrochemical behavior of dopamine at a mercury electrode in the presence of citrate and its application in the development of a square‐wave voltammetric method for the dopamine determination in pharmaceutical formulations. The method was in‐house validated for determination of dopamine in injectable formulations. The detectability of the method was 0.02 µg ml^?1.     

Electrochemical oxidation and determination of ceftriaxone on a glassy carbon and carbon-nanotube-modified glassy carbon electrodes

The electrochemical behavior of ceftriaxone was investigated on a carbon-nanotube-modified glassy carbon (GC-CNT) electrode in a phosphate buffer solution, pH = 7.40, and the results were compared with those obtained using the unmodified one [glassy carbon (GC) electrode]. During oxidation of ceftriaxone, an irreversible anodic peak appeared, using both modified and unmodified electrodes. Cyclic voltammetric studies indicated that the oxidation process is irreversible and diffusion-controlled. The number of electrons exchanged in the electrooxidation process was obtained, and the data indicated that ceftriaxone is oxidized via a one-electron step. The results revealed that carbon nanotube promotes the rate of oxidation by increasing the peak current. In addition, ceftriaxone was oxidized at lower potentials, which thermodynamically is more favorable. These results were confirmed by impedance measurements. The electron-transfer coefficients and heterogeneous electron-transfer rate constants for ceftriaxone were reported using both the GC and GC-CNT electrodes. Furthermore, the diffusion coefficient of ceftriaxone was found to be 2.74 × 10⁻⁶ cm² s⁻¹. Binding of ceftriaxone to human serum albumin forms a kind of electroreactive species. The percentage of interaction of ceftriaxone with protein was also addressed. A sensitive, simple, and time-saving differential-pulse voltammetric procedure was developed for the analysis of ceftriaxone, using the GC-CNT electrode. Ceftriaxone can be determined with a detection limit of 4.03 × 10⁻⁶ M with the proposed method.     

Iron-doping Accelerating NADH Oxidation over Carbon Nitride

As a state-of-the-art conjugated polymer photocatalyst, graphitic carbon nitride(abbreviated as g-C₃N₄)has shown great potential in photocatalytic cofactor(reduced form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, NADH) regene-ration. Herein, Fe-doped g-C₃N₄ was engineered for photocatalytic NADH oxidation. The π-π interaction between the NADH molecule and the conjugated heptazine building block facilitates the adsorption of NADH onto the framework, as revealed by density functional theory(DFT) calculations. Furthermore, iron doping promoted the oxidation kinetics of NADH under blue LED illumination. The conversion ratio of NADH to its oxidized form could be up to 85.7% in 20 min, comparing with 59.4% for metal-free counterpart. Enzyme assay employing formate dehydrogenase(FDH) further verified the selectivity of the products, with 67.5%±2.6% of enzymatically active 1,4-NADH being regenerated following the oxidation process. Scavenger experiments suggest the dominant role of photo-induced electrons in the oxidation of NADH. This work could shed light on developing a novel cofactor regeneration route through the synergistic effect between the metal doping and noncovalent interaction based on the conjugated polymer.     

Simultaneous electroanalysis of dopamine and ascorbic acid using poly (N,N-dimethylaniline)-modified electrodes

Glassy carbon (GC) electrode is modified with an electropolymerized film of N,N-dimethylaniline (DMA). This polymer (PDMA) film-coated GC electrode is used to electrochemically detect dopamine (DA) in the presence of ascorbic acid (AA). Polymer film has the positive charge in its backbone, and in neutral solution DA exists as the positively charged species whereas AA exists as the negatively charged one. In cyclic voltammetric measurements, favorable ionic interaction (i.e., electrostatic attraction) between AA and PDMA film causes a large negative shift of the oxidation potential for AA compared to that at the bare electrode. Oxidation potential for DA is positively shifted due to the electrostatic repulsion. The PDMA film shows hydrophobicity by incorporating uncharged hydroquinone molecule within the film. DA is also incorporated into the film due to hydrophobic attraction even though DA has a positive charge. The responses of DA and AA at polymer-modified electrodes largely change with the concentration of the monomer (i.e., 0.2, 0.1 and 0.05 M DMA) used in electropolymerization and thus with the film thickness. Hydrophobicity of the polymer film shows great influence on the voltammetric responses of both DA and AA. In square wave voltammetric measurements, the PDMA film-coated electrode can separate the DA and AA oxidation potentials by about 300 mV and can detect DA at its low concentration (e.g., 0.2 microM) in the presence of 1000 times higher concentration of AA, which is close to the physiological level. AA oxidizes at more negative potential than DA. The electrode response is not affected by the oxidized product of AA. So unlike the bare electrode, the fouling effect as well as the catalytic oxidation of AA by the oxidized form of DA are eliminated at the PDMA film-coated GC electrode. The electrode exhibits the stable and sensitive response to DA.     

The Effect of the Buffering Capacity of the Supporting Electrolyte on the Electrochemical Oxidation of Dopamine and 4‐Methylcatechol in Aqueous and Nonaqueous Solvents

Dopamine was electrochemically oxidized in aqueous solutions and in the organic solvents N,N‐dimethyl‐formamide and dimethylsulfoxide containing varying amounts of supporting electrolyte and water, to form dopamine ortho‐quinone. It was found that the electrochemical oxidation mechanism in water and in organic solvents was strongly influenced by the buffering properties of the supporting electrolyte. In aqueous solutions close to pH 7, where buffers were not used, the protons released during the oxidation process were able to sufficiently change the localized pH at the electrode surface to reduce the deprotonation rate of dopamine ortho‐quinone, thereby slowing the conversion into leucoaminochrome. In N,N‐dimethylformamide and dimethylsulfoxide solutions, in the absence of buffers, dopamine was oxidized to dopamine ortho‐quinone that survived without further reaction for several minutes at 25 °C. The voltammetric data obtained in the organic solvents were made more complicated by the presence of HCl in commercial sources of dopamine, which also underwent an oxidation process.     

铜在硫胺燐光分析中的作用机制

硫胺在碱中加入硫酸铜可促进硫胺转化为燐光体。提高反应温度或剧烈振荡及延长反应时间均可提高硫胺燐光，加入Ｎａ２ＳＯ２Ｏ４则燐光下降。从加铜后燐光光谱不变，活化能下降，说明铜是催化硫胺氧化。氧化的硫胺有强的燐光，再加入铜则燐光下降，且不受反应温度、时间的影响，说明燐光下降是铜的猝灭作用。在一定浓度范围内，无论催化氧化与猝灭，铜量与燐光变化呈线性相关。     

Morphology dependent electrocatalytic activity of Au nanoparticles

The electrocatalytic activity of spherical shape Au particles chemically grown on a sol–gel derived 3D silicate network modified conducting surface has been studied using ascorbate as a model. The nanostructured Au particles show morphology dependent electrocatalytic activity towards ascorbate. Unusual voltammetric behavior for ascorbate has been observed. Unlike the polycrystalline Au electrode, the nanostructured electrode shows two well defined voltammetric peaks for ascorbate at 0 and 0.3 V in neutral and alkaline pHs. These voltammetric peaks are assigned for the oxidation of ascorbate to dehydroascorbate (DHA) and the further oxidation of 2,3-diketogluonic acid (DKG), the hydrolyzed product of DHA. The voltammetric peak corresponding to the oxidation of DKG is very sensitive to the supporting electrolyte anions and solution pH. Voltammetric behavior of DHA has been investigated to support the oxidation pathway of ascorbate on the nanostructured electrode. Surface morphology of the particle controls the electrocatalytic activity.     

Preparation and controlled degradation of oxidized sodium alginate hydrogel

Degradation is often a critical property of materials utilized in tissue engineering. Although alginate, a naturally derived polysaccharide, is an attractive material due to its biocompatibility and ability to form hydrogels, its slow and uncontrollable degradation can be an undesirable feature. In this study, the degradation behavior of hydrogel based on oxidized sodium alginate (OSA) crosslinked with Ca²⁺ was studied in phosphate buffer solution (PBS, pH = 7.4) and Tris-(hydroxymethyl) aminomethane–HCl (Tris–HCl, pH = 7.4) at 37 °C. The degradation behavior of OSA hydrogels with different degrees of oxidation was evaluated as a function of degradation time by monitoring the changes of molecular weight and weight loss. It was found that the degradation behavior relied heavily on the degree of oxidation and the surrounding medium. This result indicates that the degradation rates of OSA hydrogels can be controlled by changing the degree of oxidation.     

Oxidation Mechanism of Fluorescein at Glassy Carbon Electrode

This study investigates redox properties of fluorescein (FLSC), a fluorescent tracer with many applications in several areas, markedly in biochemical research and health care diagnosis, on glassy carbon electrode (GCE) at a wide interval of pH by using voltammetric techniques. Three peaks were observed at different potentials. The investigation revealed that FLSC is irreversibly electroxidized under a diffusion‐controled and pH–dependent process. The oxidation process in acid and physiological media occurs in two consecutive steps with formation of a main electroactive oxidation product in acid medium. Both oxidation steps involve the transfer of one electron and one proton, corresponding to the oxidation of phenolic groups with formation of ortho‐quinone derivatives, which are reversibly reduced to form catechol derivatives, and/or polymeric products. One electron and one proton are removed from the phenolic group at the position C6’ at the first step and at position C3’ at the second step. The diffusion coefficient of FLSC was assessed in pH=7.0 phosphate buffer (9.77×10⁻⁵ cm² s⁻¹). A differential pulse voltammetric method for determination of FLSC in physiological medium was also proposed.