Electrochemical studies p-Sulfonatocalix[4]Arene in ionic liquid as supporting electrolyte

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2010

Abstract

The electrochemical behaviour of sodium p-sulfonatocalix[4]arene (s-psc4) was studied. In this study ionic liquid/water mixtures were used as electrolyte, namely, [BMIM][BF4]/water mixture and [BMIM][OTf]/water mixture ([BMIM] = 1 -butyl 3-methyl imidazolium, BF 4 = tetrafluoroborate, OTf = trifluoromethanesulfonate). S-psc 4 can be oxidised at 0.84 V and 0.83 V in [BMIM][BF 4]/water and [BMIM][OTf]/water respectively. The reaction is an irreversible process for both systems. The number of electron transferred in this electrochemical process is one electron and the diffusion coefficient, (D) for both systems was 1.15 × 10-8 cm2 s-1 and 1.67 × 10-8 cm2 s-1 respectively. The anodic potentials were affected by temperature and the activation energy, (Ed) was 18.18 kJ mol-1 and 18.78 kJ mol-1 in [BMIM][BF4]/water mixture and [BMIM][OTf/water mixture respectively.

Publication Title

Malaysian Journal of Science

ISSN

1394-3065

Divisions

CHEMISTRY

Volume

29

Issue

2

Publisher

Faculty of Science, University of Malaya

Additional Information

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science Building, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA

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