Investigation of mediated oxidation of ascorbic acid by ferrocenemethanol using large-amplitude fourier transformed ac voltammetry under quasi-reversible electron-transfer conditions at an indium tin oxide electrode

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Author list: Lertanantawong B., O'Mullane A.P., Zhang J., Surareungchai W., Somasundrum M., Bond A.M.

Publisher: American Chemical Society

Publication year: 2008

Journal: Analytical Chemistry (0003-2700)

Volume number: 80

Issue number: 17

Start page: 6515

End page: 6525

Number of pages: 11

ISSN: 0003-2700

eISSN: 1520-6882

URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-51549105744&doi=10.1021%2fac702531f&partnerID=40&md5=027ba9a94a4bf16a2ecf0c7886a39787

Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)

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Abstract

The ability of the technique of large-amplitude Fourier transformed (FT) ac voltammetry to facilitate the quantitative evaluation of electrode processes involving electron transfer and catalytically coupled chemical reactions has been evaluated. Predictions derived on the basis of detailed simulations imply that the rate of electron transfer is crucial, as confirmed by studies on the ferrocenemethanol (FcMeOH)-mediated electrocatalytic oxidation of ascorbic acid. Thus, at glassy carbon, gold, and boron-doped diamond electrodes, the introduction of the coupled electrocatalytic reaction, while producing significantly enhanced dc currents, does not affect the ac harmonics. This outcome is as expected if the FcMeOH0/+ process remains fully reversible in the presence of ascorbic acid. In contrast, the ac harmonic components available from FT-ac voltammetry are predicted to be highly sensitive to the homogeneous kinetics when an electrocatalytic reaction is coupled to a quasi-reversible electron-transfer process. The required quasi-reversible scenario is available at an indium tin oxide electrode. Consequently, reversible potential, heterogeneous charge-transfer rate constant, and charge-transfer coefficient values of 0.19 V vs Ag/AgCl, 0.006 cm s-1 and 0.55, respectively, along with a second-order homogeneous chemical rate constant of 2500 M-1 s-1 for the rate-determining step in the catalytic reaction were determined by comparison of simulated responses and experimental voltammograms derived from the dc and first to fourth ac harmonic components generated at an indium tin oxide electrode. The theoretical concepts derived for large-amplitude FT ac voltammetry are believed to be applicable to a wide range of important solution-based mediated electrocatalytic reactions. ฉ 2008 American Chemical Society.

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