Electroreduction-oxidation

The electroreduction/oxidation reactions of (0EP)Ge(CsHs)C10il, (0EP)Ge(CsH5)Cl and (0EP)Ge(CgHs)0H were investigated in PhCN containing 0.1 M TBAP(35). Linder these experimental conditions, the overall reaction mechanism shown in Scheme V is demonstrated to occur. 

Multistep processes can be found in the electroreduction/oxidation of important species such as oxygen, organometallic compoimds, biomolecules (e.g., nucleic acids, metalloproteins, enzymes, oligonucleotides), aromatic... 

Electroreduction/oxidation of organic compounds in aprotic media... 

These metalloporphyrins are unique among Fe and Co porphyrins in their high catalytic efficiency of electroreduction of H2O2 (at potentials <0.75 V vs. NHE at pH 7), as well as disproportionation and oxidation of H2O2 (at potentials >0.8 V). 

Proton electroreduction catalyzed by metal complexes is different from reduction at a metal electrode. It definitely involves the formation of metal hydride species through protonation of electroreduced, low-oxidation-state metal complexes that function as Bronsted base (Equation (5)). From protonated... 

The first interest in the electroreduction of N02 or NO catalyzed by metal complexes is to model the activity of nitrite reductase enzymes.327 There is also an extensive growth in studies related to the development of metal complex-based electrochemical sensors for NO determination in biological and environmental samples 328 329 Nitrate disproportionates to nitric oxide and nitrate in aqueous solution. 

The iron complex (23) adsorbed on graphite electrode surfaces is an active catalyst for the electroreduction of both nitrite and nitric oxide to yield NH2OH and NH3, as demonstrated by rotating ring-disk electrode voltammetry experiments.341... 

Nickel hexacyanoferrate (NiHCF) films can be prepared by electrochemical oxidation of nickel electrodes in the presence of hexacyanoferrate(III) ions,141 or by voltammetric cycling of inert substrate electrodes in solutions containing nickel(II) and hexacyanoferrate(III) ions.142 NiHCF films do not possess low-energy intervalent CT bands, however, when deposited on ITO they are observed to reversibly switch from yellow to colorless on electroreduction.143... 

Figure 7. Dependence of charge of the catalytic activity of cobalt oxide-hydroxide (a), /-V V dependence of cobalt oxide-hydroxide electroreduction (b). 

As discussed earlier, it is generally observed that reductant oxidation occurs under kinetic control at least over the potential range of interest to electroless deposition. This indicates that the kinetics, or more specifically, the equivalent partial current densities for this reaction, should be the same for any catalytically active feature. On the other hand, it is well established that the O2 electroreduction reaction may proceed under conditions of diffusion control at a few hundred millivolts potential cathodic of the EIX value for this reaction even for relatively smooth electrocatalysts. This is particularly true for the classic Pd initiation catalyst used for electroless deposition, and is probably also likely for freshly-electrolessly-deposited catalysts such as Ni-P, Co-P and Cu. Thus, when O2 reduction becomes diffusion controlled at a large feature, i.e., one whose dimensions exceed the O2 diffusion layer thickness, the transport of O2 occurs under planar diffusion conditions (except for feature edges). 

Electrochemical reduction of various 3,4-disubstituted-l,2,5-thiadiazole 1,1-dioxides (3,4-diphenyl- 10, phenanthro[9,10]- 51, and acenaphtho[l,2]- 53) gave the corresponding thiadiazoline 1,1-dioxides <1999CJC511>. Voltammetric and bulk electrolysis electroreduction of 3,4-diphenyl-l,2,5-thiadiazole 1-oxide 9 at ca. —1.5 V, in acetonitrile, gave 3,4-diphenyl-l,2,5-thiadiazole 8 (50%) and 2,4,6-triphenyl-l,3,5-triazine 54 (30%) (Equation 3) <2000TL3531>. 

An unexpected production of 2,4,6-triphenyl-l, 3,5-triazine in the electroreduction of 3,4-diphenyI-l,2,5-thiadiazole 1-oxide has been reported . Synthesis of 1,3-diyne derivatives of 2,4-diamino-l,3,5-triazine, 9a and 9b, has been accomplished by reaction of biguanidine with mono- and di-esters 8a and 8b, respectively <00T1233>. 

Direct dyes, 9 171-172, 226, 242 azo, 9 401 411 Direct dyestuffs, 9 223 Directed evolution, 10 264 Direct Electroreduction of Oxides (DERO), 23 831... 

Kadish et al. (1989) have described the effect of axially bound anions on the electroreduction of tris(IV) porphyrins in THF. Cyclic voltammetric investigations of zinc tetraphenylporphyrin in dichloromethane in the presence of background electrolyte anions reveal significant perturbations of the met-alloporphyrin s first one-electron oxidation, ranging from 0.86 V for TBAPF6 to 0.50 V for TBAC1 (Seely et al., 1994). 

Because the reduction potential of ether is usually more negative than that of halides, examples that belong to this category are rather rare. Generally, cathodic reduction of ethers is similar to that of alcohols, and nonactivated ethers are not reducible under the conditions of electroreduction. Activated ethers such as benzylic and allylic ethers are elec-trochemically reduced to a limited extent (Scheme 7) [1, 15, 16]. Reduction of epoxides is usually difficult however, electroreductive cleavage of activated epoxides to the corresponding alcohols is reported [17, 18]. The cleavage of the C—O bond of ethers is more easily accomplished in anodic oxidation than in cathodic reduction, which is stated in Chapter 6. 

An electroreductive Barbier-type allyla-tion of imines (434) with allyl bromide (429) also occurs inaTHF-PbBr2/Bu4NBr-(Al/Pt) system to give homoallyl amine (436) (Scheme 151) [533]. The combination of Pb(II)/Pb(0) redox and a sacrificial metal anode in the electrolysis system plays a role as a mediator for both cathodic and anodic electron-transfer processes. The metals used in the anode must have a less positive anodic dissolution potential than the oxidation potentials of the organic materials in order to be present or to be formed in situ. In addition, the metal ion plays the role of a Lewis acid to form the iminium ion (437) by associating with imine (435) (Scheme 151). 

The mechanism of the ZnBr2-assisted, nickel-catalyzed Reformatsky reaction has been discussed [540]. The reaction involves the electroreduction of a Ni(II) complex to a Ni(0) complex, oxidative addition of the a-chloroester to the Ni(0) complex, and Zn(II)/Ni(II) transmetallation, leading to an organozinc Reformatsky reagent. Most recently, the Reformatsky reaction... 

The mechanism of the Zn chloride-assisted, palladium-catalyzed reaction of allyl acetate (456) with carbonyl compounds (457) has been proposed [434]. The reaction involves electroreduction of a Pd(II) complex to a Pd(0) complex, oxidative addition of the allyl acetate to the Pd(0) complex, and Zn(II)/Pd(II) transmetallation leading to an allylzinc reagent, which would react with (457) to give homoallyl alcohols (458) and (459) (Scheme 157). Substituted -lactones are electrosynthesized by the Reformatsky reaction of ketones and ethyl a-bromobutyrate, using a sacrificial Zn anode in 35 92% yield [542]. The effect of cathode materials involving Zn, C, Pt, Ni, and so on, has been investigated for the electrochemical allylation of acetone [543]. 

Phenol (508) is found to be produced continuously from benzene (507) by aerial oxidation in aqueous sulfuric acid when a Cu(I)/Cu(II) redox couple is used as a mediator (Scheme 176) [581]. The Cu(I)-mediated electroreduction of oxygen in the presence of chloride is found to be effective for toluene oxidation, leading to benzaldehyde and benzyl chloride [582]. Recently, benzene has also been oxidized... 

Apart from PET-reductive cyclization, chemical reduction has also been applied to the total synthesis of natural products such as capnellenediol 186 [184]. Naphthalene sodium is shown to be a suitable oxidant for generating ketyl radical anions which cyclize efficiently in a 5-exo-dig mode. In contrast, electroreductive cyclization of 184 does not lead to 185, but exclusively to the thermodynamically preferred 5-exo isomer with a remaining double bond in the endocyclic position [185] (Scheme 35). The steroid precursor 4.5-secocholes-tan-5-one 187, in which the lOa-side chain is varied, has been cyclized under the same conditions [186-188] (Scheme 36). Reduction with naphthalene sodium or sodium in ether exclusively produces the A B-cis steroid 188 with an exo double... 

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