Ferrocene, 3+, peroxide

V.S. Tripathi, V.B. Kandimalla, and H.X. Ju, Amperometric biosensor for hydrogen peroxide based on ferrocene-bovine serum albumin and multiwall carbon nanotube modified ormosil composite. Biosens. Bioelectron. 21,1529-1535 (2006). 

C.L. Wang and A. Mulchandani, Ferrocene-conjugated polyaniline-modified enzyme electrodes for determination of peroxides in organic media. Anal. Chem. 67, 1109-1114 (1995). 

Fig. 18b.9. Example cychc voltammograms due to (a) multi-electron transfer redox reaction two-step reduction of methyl viologen MV2++e = MV++e = MV. (b) ferrocene confined as covalently attached surface-modified electroactive species—peaks show no diffusion tail, (c) follow-up chemical reaction A and C are electroactive, C is produced from B through irreversible chemical conversion of B, and (d) electrocatalysis of hydrogen peroxide decomposition by phosphomolybdic acid adsorbed on a graphite electrode.

SCHEME 9. Operation of the biosensor based on an electrode coated by a polymeric film containing immobilized HRP. The organic peroxide acts as an oxidizing agent for the ferrocene solute... 

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Horseradish peroxidase catalyzes the oxidation of ferrocenes into ferricenium cations by hydrogen peroxide according the stoichiometric Eq. (37) (113). 

Turning to assays using sensors that require more than a simple cut in the sample, Bergann et al. [37] paid considerable attention to sample preparation in attempts to measure lactate in meat with a sensor (not thick film) based on reaction of hydrogen peroxide with a platinum electrode or on the reaction of ferrocene carboxylate with the active site of lactate oxidase. Sample preparation entailed extraction into buffer following grinding. In some cases, ground samples were left to allow the lactate to diffuse into the buffer solution. This was quite effective but slow (up to 90 min). Ultimately, the quality of the assay was dependent on the method of sample preparation. 

For free radical polymerization reactions, the initiating radicals must be generated from azo-initiators because peroxides cause oxidation of the metal. In polymerizations of the type shown in reaction (2) the side group ferrocene units are the source of both the... 

With diacyl peroxide and SET metal ions such as Cu+, alkylation of heteroaromatics such as pyrazine can be carried out. This method can be also used for alkylation of a ferrocene complex. Eq. 5.3 shows alkylation of quinoxaline (5) with diaceyl peroxide and Cu+. 

Pauson obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield in 1949 and then moved to the Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, where he was offered the post of a temporary Assistant Professor without interview. Following his interests in non-benzenoid systems, he attempted to prepare fulvalene (see Scheme 5.1) but, as mentioned above, isolated ferrocene instead. After he finished his 2-years term at Duquesne, he spend the academic year 1951-1952 at the University of Chicago as a postdoctoral fellow working on peroxide chemistry with Morris S. Kharasch, in those days the pope in this field. In 1953, he was appointed to a DuPont... 

One of the simplest polymers of type (A) may be poly(fenocenylenes). In the earlier work done by Korshak3 and Nesmeyanov3, molten ferrocene was treated with an equi- or a double-molar quantity of f-butyl peroxide at temperatures about 200 °C, and the soluble polymers (J) with Mn up to 7000 were obtained in 5-16% yield by the polyrecombination reaction (Eq. 1). Later works by Neuse confirmed polymeric structures comprising short polyferrocenylene segments interconnected by methylene and aliphatic ether groups4. ... 

A recent successful approach uses mediators like ferrocene, which reoxidizes the FADH 2 in the glucose oxidase molecule without forming hydrogen peroxide (85). Using ferrocene results in a more stable electrode system and a larger dynamic concentration range. The ferrocene molecule is immobilized by adsorption to graphite or other carbon electrodes onto which the enzyme can be deposited. 

Poly(vinyl ferrocene) was first prepared by Arimoto and Haven in 1955, (3 ) a process for which was patented in 1958 ( ). Vinyl ferrocene was found to be much less reactive than styrene, but still readily pol3mierlzable with azo initiators. Peroxide initiators were, in general, not effective, causing the ferrocene nucleus to oxidize instead (1 ). 

Although there are numerous references to the emulsion polymerization of vinyl ferrocene, they all appear to emanate from a single source (j4). These workers polymerized vinyl ferrocene alone, and with styrene, methyl methacrylate, and chloroprene. No characterization was reported other than elemental analysis. The molding temperatures reported (150 - 200 C) correspond to the Tg range indicated by Pittman ( ) for similar copolymers. The initiation system was preferably azobisisobutyronltrile, although potassium persulfate was also used. Organic peroxides were contraindicated, due to oxidation problems with the ferrocene moiety. 

Using the literature recommendations, initial work was centered on azo initiators due to the claim that the peroxides in redox systems oxidized the vinyl ferrocene rather than polymerized it. Initial experiments resulted in slow reactions and poor conversions, even after 8-12 hours reaction time. Reasoning that redox systems might work if the reducing agent were kept in excess in the reaction flask, a tBHP/Formopon catalyst system was examined. This initiator system resulted in complete conversion within 2-3 hours and served as a prototype recipe in all subsequent work. 

In contrast to the claims of the literature, vinyl ferrocene (available commercially) was found to be a very reactive monomer in the terpolymer system butyl acrylate/styrene/methacryllc acid. It was further found, again in contrast to the claims in the literature, that vinyl ferrocene could be emulsion polymerized via organic peroxide Redox catalysis. 

The flexibility of the sol-gel process allows multiple approaches to enzymatic activity monitoring. The formation of hydrogen peroxide can be followed by optical measmements using another enzymatic reaction in which the oxidation of an organic dye is catalyzed by a peroxidase (HorseRadish Peroxidase HRP), coentrapped with GOD. The presence of glucose in the solution can also be detected via electrochemical means by following the redox reactions at the active site of GOD. However, because of the steric hindrance of the protein molecule, a ferrocene mediator has to be used in order to transfer electrons from the hidden active site to the electrode. Alternatively, oxygen consumption can be measmed with a Clark electrode. The hybrid gel is deposited on a Pt cathode... 

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