A high performance oxidation method for secondary alcohols by inductive activation of TEMPO in combination with pyridine-bromine complexes

A new TEMPO-mediated catalytic oxidation method in combination with Py·HBr₃ (stoichiometric) is developed for oxidation of secondary alcohols to the corresponding ketones. The performance of this oxidizing system is better compared with that of TEMPO method combined with R₄NBr₃. Poly(4-vinylpyridine)·HBr₃ can be used in place of Py·HBr₃. The electron-withdrawing substituent at the C-4 position of TEMPO increases the reactivity of TEMPO significantly in the oxidation of electron-deficient alcohols such as polyhaloalkylmethanols. Inductive effect of the substituent of TEMPO is discussed through the characterization of the redox potential of N-O radical by cyclic voltammetry.     

(Photo)electrochemical behavior of selected organic compounds on TiO2 electrodes. Overall relevance to heterogeneous photocatalysis

Oxidation potentials of resorcinol, 4-chlororesorcinol, 4,6-dichlororesorcinol, catechol, 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid and 1,2,4-trihydroxybenzene were measured on particulate TiO₂ (Degussa P-25) thin films, immobilized on optically transparent SnO₂ conducting glass electrodes, by cyclic voltammetry in 0.5M KCl aqueous electrolyte solutions. The effect of adsorption on oxidation potentials was examined with the compounds adsorbed on the TiO₂ particle surface. Scan rate dependencies of oxidation peak currents indicate that adsorbed species are consistently characterized by less positive oxidation potentials compared to those attributed to solution free species; the difference ranges from about 0.2 to 0.8 V. Results show that depending on the nature of the working electrode, associating a single oxidation potential to such compounds does not adequately describe their electrochemical behavior. Such observations have relevance in heterogeneous photocatalysis in that predictions of whether a substance will be photooxidized or photoreduced cannot be based on Fermi levels (redox potentials) of the redox couples in homogeneous solutions.     

石墨电极上硫化钠的阳极氧化机理探索

电解硫化氢气体的碱性吸收液（Ｎａ２Ｓ表示）产生单质硫和氢气的研究是治理硫化氢废气的一种新方法［１ -７］,较之Ｃｌａｕｓ法有许多优点［３,４］,这对环境保护和资源回收均具有重要的实际意义．文献对硫化物水溶液电化学氧化机理的研究主要着重于在某些贵金属阳极上,包括某些硫化矿的湿法冶金反应过程的研究［８,９］,光电化学电池中使用多硫化物的研究［１０ -１３］,以及硫化物电解时产生单质硫的电催化活性研究［１４］等 ;但在石墨阳极上硫化物电化学氧化机理的研究报导却很少［３,４］．本文研究在石墨阳极上硫化钠水溶液…     

次磷酸盐氧化反应历程的研究

对次磷酸盐体系循环伏安曲线－０．４Ｖ（ＳＣＥ）处氧化峰（Ⅱ峰）的特性及本质进行深入研究。结果表明，Ⅱ峰与Ｉ峰直接相关，对应于活性吸附态的偏亚磷酸根氧化生成磷酸根的电极过程，Ⅱ峰是偏亚磷酸根脱出的Ｈａｄｓ＾－离子在电极上发生氧化的结果。确定了吸附态偏亚磷酸根转变为惰性亚磷酸根反应的控速步骤为偏亚磷酸的脱附过程，并估算了脱附速度常数。最后给出可能的吸附态偏磷酸根氧化生成磷酸根的电极历程及总的次磷酸根氧     

Electrochemical Oxidation of Donepezil and Its Voltammetric Determination at Gold Electrode

The oxidative ability of donepezil, a frequently prescribed drug for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease is reported for the first time at a gold electrode. It was oxidized by cyclic voltammetry and determined by square wave voltammetry in phosphate buffer electrolyte. Electrochemical degradation of donepezil was carried out by long term potential cycling. The identification and characterization of the major product, isolated by preparative high performance liquid chromatography, was performed by high resolution mass spectrometry and 1D and 2D nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Donepezil hydroxy derivative was identified as the major electrochemical oxidation product from donepezil.     

Anodic Oxidation Behaviors of Formaldehyde at Boron‐Doped Diamond Electrodes

The electrochemical behaviors of formaldehyde (FA) at boron‐doped diamond (BDD) electrodes are investigated by cyclic voltammetry (CV), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and linear scanning voltammetry (LSV) techniques. The CV results show that the oxidation reaction of FA is influenced by the hydroxyl concentration in the solution, and the peak current response with the FA concentration is linear at the range from 10 to 100 mM. The differential capacitance from EIS results indicate that the FA molecules adsorb at the BDD electrode surface at low potential (from 1.0 to 1.4 V). The kinetic studies have been examined with the various concentrations of FA, pH, and temperature. The activation energy of FA oxidation is also calculated. The results of kinetic study indicate that the adsorption of FA molecules at the BDD electrode is the rate‐determining step at low potential (from 1.0 to 1.40 V).     

Synthesis and characterisation of aromatic ethynyl-bridged ferrocenes

A series of aromatic ethynyl-bridged ferrocenes with the general formula Fc-CC-R-CC-Fc (Fc=ferrocenyl, R=C₆H₂(-p-CH₃)₂ (1), C₆H₄-p-C₆H₄ (2), C₅H₃N (3), 9,10-C₁₄H₈ (4), C₄H₂S (5), (C₄H₂S)₂ (6) and (C₄H₂S)₃ (7)) has been synthesised by the reaction of ethynyl ferrocene with the appropriate dibromo-arenes. The new complexes have been characterised by spectroscopic techniques. The structures of 3 and 7 were determined via X-ray crystallography, and both show the trans-trans configuration of the two ethynyl ferrocene groups with respect to the central R group. The electronic properties of the compounds have been studied via optical spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry.     

ITO在NaOH溶液中阳极与阴极极化过程的电化学行为

通过循环伏安法等方法研究了氧化铟锡(ITO)透明导电薄膜的电化学行为. 获得了ITO薄膜在NaOH溶液中阴极和阳极极化处理前后的循环伏安曲线. 采用透射光谱, 方块电阻测试, 扫描电子显微镜(SEM), 能量色散X射线荧光光谱(EDS)与X射线衍射(XRD)表征ITO薄膜经电化学处理后的反应产物. 结果表明, ITO薄膜在阳极处理后(约为+1.5 V(vs SCE))保持了稳定的成分和结构. 但经阴极处理后(约为-1.5 V(vs SCE))发生了严重的电化学腐蚀, 可见光透射率大幅下降, 方块电阻增加一个数量级. 经SEM、EDS和XRD表征分析, 证明阴极处理过程使ITO薄膜中的In3+还原成了In单质.     

Electrochemical oxidation of benzyl germatranes

The electrooxidation of ring-substituted bromobenzylgermatranes in CH₃CN and DMF solutions was studied. By cyclic voltammetry supported by DFT B3LYP/6-311G calculations, donor activity of the nitrogen atom was shown to be substantially reduced because of the dative N → Ge coordination compared to Et₃N and (HOCH₂CH₂)₃N. In the electrochemical context, the transmission of electronic effects between the ArCH₂ moiety and the reaction center (the lone pair of N pointed inside the atrane cage) is well described by the generalized additive inductive model including mesomeric interactions. The oxidation process follows classical scheme for tertiary amines - reversible electron transfer with the ensuing deprotonation of α-carbon atom; at low scan rates the process is reversible/quasi-reversible and at higher rates it is under electron transfer control. Anodic cyanation of m-bromobenzylgermatrane was performed.     

Pyrolysis–gas chromatography/mass spectrometry applied to the identification of different states of polyaniline

Pyrolysis–gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py–CG/MS) has been applied to study and compare the composition of two electrochemically synthesized polyaniline (PANI) forms: fully reduced leucoemeraldine (LE) and intermediately oxidized emeraldine (EM). The different PANI forms were electrochemically synthesized using cyclic voltammetry. They were dedoped by stirring for 24 h in ammoniacal solutions. Leucoemeraldine and emeraldine pyrograms presented differences in the relative intensity of their fragment signals. Emeraldine pyrograms presented a higher relative intensity of the signals associated to oxidized fragments (i.e. quinone imine) than leucoemeraldine pyrograms. On the other hand, polymer samples synthesized under different anodic potentials showed small differences, consistent with a higher degree of crosslinking at higher anodic potentials. The results obtained indicate that Py–GC/MS may be used for identification among different oxidation states in aryl amine polymers.     

Chemical and electrochemical oxidation and reduction of dithizone

A non-aqueous electrochemical study of dithizone, H₂Dz, 1, is compared with the chemical oxidation and reduction profile of this versatile ligand. Chemical oxidation of 1 by I₂ initially leads to an isolatable disulfide-bridged species, (HDz)₂, 2₂, but ultimately monomeric dehydrodithizone, Dz, 3, is formed. Electrochemically, in CH₂Cl₂/0.1 mol dm⁻³ [N(ⁿBu)₄][B(C₆F₅)₄], two oxidation processes are observed for 1. Evidence of the electrochemical formation of the dimer 2₂ was found, but on a CV timescale the fully oxidized species, 2_2oxidized, did not convert to the chemically stable species 3. Regeneration of 1 during an irreversible electrochemical reduction of the electrochemically generated fully oxidized species, 2_2oxidized, was detected. Two further one-electron electrochemical irreversible reduction steps were also identified to ultimately generate H₃Dz⁻, 8, one of the synthetic precursors to 1. In contrast, resolution and identification of the electron transfer steps of 1 in both dimethylsulfoxide, DMSO, or in CH₂Cl₂/0.1 mol dm⁻³ [N(ⁿBu)₄][PF₆] were hampered by solvation and ion paring of [PF₆]⁻ especially with the oxidized species of 1. A metathesis of water-soluble potassium dithizonate, KHDz, 4b, led to lipophilic [N(ⁿBu)₄][HDz], 4c.     

Ni纳米催化剂的制备及其对葡萄糖电催化氧化的研究

采用等体积浸渍和程序升温还原的方法制备了不同Ni含量的Ni/AC纳米催化剂,并对其进行了形貌和结构表征。采用三电极体系和循环伏安法在碱性溶液中进行了其对葡萄糖催化氧化的电化学测试。结果表明,Ni/AC/GCE(修饰在玻碳电极上的Ni/AC)催化剂对葡萄糖有较强的电催化氧化作用。其中,20%的Ni/AC/GCE对葡萄糖电催化氧化作用最强,且随着葡萄糖浓度增加,响应电流显著增大,二者呈线性相关。20%Ni/AC/GCE催化剂对葡萄糖催化氧化的线性响应范围为0.2~6.5 mmol/L,相关系数为0.999,响应灵敏度是13.15μA/(mmol/L),最低检测限为35μmol/L。稳定性测试结果表明,20%Ni/AC/GCE有着良好的稳定性,每隔两天测试,运行三周后其响应电流仍能维持在95%以上。     

Anodic oxidation of ring A-aromatic steroids. Cyanation of the aromatic nucleus

The electrochemical oxidation of 3-methoxy-estra-1,3,5(10)-triene-17-one I in methanolic sodium cyanide solution leads to ring A-substitution products II and III and to the addition product IV. This method represents a new way for the direct introduction of a carbon substituent into position 10 of steroids.     

Mechanistic Pathways and Identification of the Electrochemically Generated Oxidation Products of Flavonoid Eriodictyol in the Presence of Glutathione

The metabolic oxidation pathways of dietary flavonoid eriodictyol (Er) are not very well‐probed. In the present work, the electrochemical oxidation behavior of Er was studied in aqueous Britton‐Robinson (B‐R) buffer solution using cyclic voltammetry (CV), chronoamperometry (CA), and bulk‐electrolysis (BE). The oxidation products and reaction pathways of Er in the absence and the presence of glutathione (GSH) were proposed and identified in view of the results obtained by ultra‐high‐performance liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (UPLC‐MS). In the absence of GSH, eriodictyol shows one quasi‐reversible oxidation process at E_1/2=0.305 V, followed by a totally irreversible anodic peak at a more positive potential (E_p^a=1.05 V vs. Ag/AgCl, 3 M KCl). Putatively, the first process corresponds to the oxidation of the catechol moiety on the B ring of Er while the second one is attributed to the oxidation of the resorcinol moiety on the A ring. In the presence of GSH, however, the anodic oxidation of Er was proposed to be an ECEC‐type mechanism. The Er molecule first underwent a two‐electron oxidation coupled with loss of two‐proton to generate the corresponding quinone, which was either reduced to the original Er molecule by GSH, or further interacted with GSH to produce mono‐ and bi‐ glutathione conjugates of Er. The proposed mechanism was confirmed by digital simulation of the cyclic voltammograms.     

两个多核四硫代富瓦烯类衍生物的合成和电化学行为

合成了２个含３个四硫代富瓦烯单元的化合物，给出了它们的核磁共振氢谱、质谱、紫外吸收光谱及元素分析数据。用循环伏安法测定了它们的氧化还原电位，并将其与仅含１个或２个四硫代富瓦烯单元的化合物的氧化还原电位比较。发现随着分子内共轭程度的增加，分子内的库仑斥力也随之降低。     

Elucidation of the Electrochemical Oxidation Pathway of Ammonia in Dimethylformamide and the Room Temperature Ionic Liquid, 1‐Ethyl‐3‐methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide

The direct electrochemical oxidation of ammonia has been examined in both the organic solvent dimethylformamide (DMF) and the room temperature ionic liquid 1‐ethyl‐3‐methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide [EMIM][N(Tf)₂]. The corresponding voltammetric responses have been shown to be similar in each solvent with a broad oxidative wave occurring upon the introduction of ammonia to the solution and the appearance of a new reductive wave following the oxidation. The oxidative reaction process has been examined and a suitable reaction pathway has been deduced, corresponding to the formation of ammonium cations after oxidation of the ammonia. A linear response of limiting current against vol% ammonia was observed in both DMF and [EMIM][N(Tf)₂], suggesting potential application for analytical methods.     

甲醛在脯氨酸膜修饰电极上的电催化氧化

应用电化学法和光谱电化学法研究了脯氨酸膜修饰电极的制备 ,用循环伏安法探讨了该膜的电化学性质及其对甲醛的催化氧化 .该电极催化稳定性良好 ,在NaOH溶液中 ,掺杂Ni (Ⅱ )后的脯氨酸膜修饰电极对甲醛和乙醇的氧化均有一定的催化活性 ,但对甲醛的催化活性更佳