The effect of H-bonding and proton transfer on the voltammetry of 2,3,5,6-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediaminein acetonitrile. An unexpectedly complex mechanism for a simple redox couple

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 114, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 8938-8949

  Clare, Laurie A ^a   Rojas Sligh, Lydia E ^a   Maciejewski, Sonia M ^a   Kangas, Karina ^a   Woods, Jessica E ^a   Deiner, L Jay ^a   Cooksy, Andrew ^a   Smith, Diane K ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX MECHANISMS; ELECTRODE SURFACES; INITIAL SOLUTION; POSITIVE POTENTIAL; PROTONATED STATE; RADICAL CATIONS; REVERSIBLE ELECTRON TRANSFER; SPECTROELECTROCHEMICAL;

ACETONITRILE; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; HYDROGEN BONDS; PROTON TRANSFER; SPECTROELECTROCHEMISTRY; VOLTAMMETRY;

OXIDATION;

EID: 84865723224     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp100079q     Document Type: Article

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