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Scan rate and concentration dependence of the voltammograms of substituted phenols on electrodes with different size, diffusion coefficients of phenols in different solvents

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CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
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CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1139/cjc-2022-0096

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diffusion coefficient; microelectrode; phenols

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The effects of scan rate and the concentration of substituted phenols on peak currents or current plateaus were investigated. The voltammetric curves recorded by a platinum microelectrode showed significant variation under different experimental conditions for different phenols. The diffusion-controlled process of 4-methoxyphenol was determined based on the solvents used and the diffusion coefficients showed an inverse relationship with solvent viscosities.
In this work, the effects of the scan rate and the concentration of the substituted phenols on the peak currents or current plateaus have been investigated. Voltammetric curves recorded by a platinum microelectrode varied significantly under differ-ent experimental conditions in cases of 4-chlorophenol, 4-tert-butylphenol, and 4-nitrophenol. In the case of 4-methoxyphenol and 4-tert-butylphenol, when the experiments were performed in the lower concentration range in acetonitrile, the plateau current and peak current showed linear dependence on phenol concentration. Therefore, these ranges offer opportunity for further characterization. The electrode reaction of 4-methoxyphenol was found to be a diffusion-controlled process in the solvents applied (water, acetonitrile, dimethyl sulfoxide, dimethyl formamide, nitrobenzene, acetone, dichloromethane, methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol, 1-butanol, and 1-pentanol). Diffusion coefficients of 4-methoxyphenol were determined with a microelectrode using the steady-state voltammograms. Diffusion coefficients of other phenols were measured only in ace-tonitrile with a macroelectrode. In agreement with known theories, the diffusion coefficients showed inversely proportional relationships with the solvent viscosities. Special care was needed in 1-pentanol solvent since the increasing anodic peaks ap-peared after the first scan and overlaid with the sigmoidal-shaped regular microelectrode voltammograms. This observation is probably due to formation of adhering residual electroactive products.

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