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ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY
卷 303, 期 1, 页码 66-72出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1006/abio.2002.5577
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caffeic acid; cyclic voltammetry; digitalsimulation; oxidation mechanism
The oxidation mechanism of caffeic acid (CAF) has been studied by means of cyclic voltammetry with the plastic formed carbon or glassy carbon electrode. CAF gives a well-developed two-electron reversible wave in acidic media, whereas it shows an irreversible behavior, i.e., a decrease of the rereduction peak, in less acidic media, suggesting that the oxidation of CAF follows an irreversible chemical reaction(s). Digital simulation analyses based on different oxidation mechanisms have been performed for the voltammograms obtained with the GC electrode in 1:1 (v/v) water:ethanol solutions. The results clearly show that the seeming two-electron oxidation of CAF occurs step-wise via one-electron processes, each of which follows an irreversible chemical reaction. It has also been suggested that the semiquinone radical as an intermediate of the one-electron oxidation should play an important role in the oxidation reaction. Evaluations of the rate constants for the chemical reactions have further suggested that the chemical reactions are dimerization reactions. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science (USA).
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