ISSN:
1040-0397
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
A large number of anodic oxygen-transfer reactions were studied at Au electrodes in both acidic and alkaline media. Results of competitive adsorption studies are interpreted and support the conclusion that adsorption is a prerequisite to subsequent oxygen- and electron-transfer steps. Many of these oxidation reactions gave the voltammetric appearance of reversible waves, even though the observed half-wave potential values were shifted hundreds of millivolts positive of the thermodynamic potentials. A catalytic mechanism is proposed in which adsorbed hydroxyl radicals (AuOH) participate in the oxygen-transfer step. The absence of pH effects on half-wave potentials for several inorganic compounds suggests that the electron transfer precedes the deprotonation step for these reactants.
Additional Material:
13 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/elan.1140020106
