A CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRIC STUDY OF THE AQUEOUS ELECTROCHEMISTRY OF SOME QUINONES
A CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRIC STUDY OF THE AQUEOUS ELECTROCHEMISTRY OF SOME QUINONES
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DOI:
10.1016/0013-4686(85)80051-7
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
6.6
通讯作者:
RITCHIE, IM
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作者:
BAILEY, SI;RITCHIE, IM
The aqueous electrochemistry of a number of quinones and two hydroxyquinones was studied using cyclic voltammetry. The quinones were chosen to represent a variety of structural types, and several were sulphonated in order to make them sufficiently water soluble. From measurements of the half-wave potential as a function of pH, potentialpH diagrams were constructed for each of the compounds. In some cases, the data were supplemented by pKavalues which were determined spectrophotometrically. In the particular case of 1,4-benzoquinone, it was shown that the results obtained for the potentialpH diagram agreed very closely with equilibrium measurements which had been reported in the literature for the same system. The general shape of the potentialpH diagrams for the other quinones, but not hydroxyquinones, was similar to that of 1,4-benzoquione. For each compound, values of the potentialpH slopes and pKas are reported. Half-wave potential measurements were not only made in buffered solutions, but also unbuffered solutions. Differences between the two type of measurements are reported. Most of the quinones decomposed at high pH. The course of the decomposition is discussed.