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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
卷 19, 期 49, 页码 16699-16706出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201303339
关键词
decarboxylation; glutathione peroxidase; graphene; nanosheets; NMR spectroscopy; selenium
资金
- Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi, India
- DST
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India
A catalytic reduction of graphene oxide (GO) by glutathione peroxidase (GPx) mimics is reported. This study reveals that GO contains peroxide functionalities, in addition to the epoxy, hydroxyl and carboxylic acid groups that have been identified earlier. It also is shown that GO acts as a peroxide substrate in the GPx-like catalytic activity of organoselenium/tellurium compounds. The reaction of tellurol, generated from the corresponding ditelluride, reduces GO through the glutathione (GSH)-mediated cleavage of the peroxide linkage. The mechanism of GO reduction by the tellurol in the presence of GSH involves the formation of a tellurenic acid and tellurenyl sulfide intermediates. Interestingly, the GPx mimics also catalyze the decarboxylation of the carboxylic acid functionality in GO at ambient conditions. Whereas the selenium/tellurium-mediated catalytic reduction/decarboxylation of GO may find applications in bioremediation processes, this study suggests that the modification of GO by biologically relevant compounds such as redox proteins must be taken into account when using GO for biomedical applications because such modifications can alter the fundamental properties of GO.
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