ELECTRON-TRANSFER REACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH HOST GUEST COMPLEXATION - OXIDATION OF FERROCENECARBOXYLIC ACID IN THE PRESENCE OF BETA-CYCLODEXTRIN
ELECTRON-TRANSFER REACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH HOST GUEST COMPLEXATION - OXIDATION OF FERROCENECARBOXYLIC ACID IN THE PRESENCE OF BETA-CYCLODEXTRIN
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DOI:
10.1021/ja00298a003
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
KOBAYASHI, N
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作者:
MATSUE, T;EVANS, DH;KOBAYASHI, N
The oxidation of ferrocenecarboxylic acid in the presence of 3-cyclodextrin (3-CD) has been investigated by cyclic voltammetry in pH 9.2 aqueoussolution in which the ferrocene is present as the anion, FCA". Binding ofFCA" by 3-CD is indicated by changes in the UV-vis absorption spectrum and the appearance of induced circular dichroism. The latter data also show that FCA'is complexed by 3-CD in a configuration with the Cp-Fe-Cp axis parallel to the axis of the 3-CD cavity. In slow scan rate cyclic voltammetry, 3-CD causes a decrease in the peak current and a positive shift in the peak potential for FCA" oxidation. Each of these effects was quantitatively evaluated, giving a formation constant for FCA"-3-CD of 2200 M" 1 at 20 C and AH=-2.8 kcal/mol, AS= 5 cal/(K-mol). Nobinding of the oxidized form of FCA" by 3-CD could be detected. Fast scan rate studies revealed that the inclusion complex is oxidized via a CE scheme inwhich the complex first dissociates to FCA" and 3-CD followed by oxidation of the free FCA". Quantitative evaluation of the data gave 2.1 X 104 s" 1 for the dissociation rate constant, and variable temperature studies yielded an activation enthalpy for dissociation of 15 kcal/mol. Significantly, no direct oxidation of FCA'-3-CD at the electrode could be detected. Possible explanations are discussed, and the significance of the present results to earlier electrochemical synthetic studies with cyclodextrins is highlighted.The cyclodextrins (CDs) are among the most important and widely studied examples of host molecules which are capable of forming inclusion complexes with a variety of guests byincorporating them within the relatively nonpolar cavity of these cyclic oligosaccharides. 2 The CDs have very interesting catalytic properties, and they havebeen used as models of hydrolytic en-zymes. Previous studies have not emphasized theeffect of CDs on the oxidation-reduction reactions of guest molecules, but there has been an increasing interest in their use as modifiers of organic electrode reactions. 3 It has been found that CDs, either added to solution or bound to the electrode surface, can cause substantial beneficial changes in the selectivity of electroorganic synthesis.