Issue 78, 2017

Electrochemical ion transfer mediated by a lipophilic Os(ii)/Os(iii) dinonyl bipyridyl probe incorporated in thin film membranes

Abstract

A new lipophilic dinonyl bipyridyl Os(II)/Os(III) complex successfully mediates ion transfer processes across voltammetric thin membranes. An added lipophilic cation-exchanger may impose voltammetric anion or cation transfer waves of Gaussian shape that are reversible and repeatable. The peak potential is found to shift with the ion concentration in agreement with the Nernst equation. The addition of tridodecylmethylammonium nitrate to the polymeric film dramatically reduces the peak separation from 240 mV to 65 mV, and the peak width to a near-theoretical value of 85 mV, which agrees with a surface confined process. It is suggested that the cationic additive serves as a phase transfer catalyst.

Graphical abstract: Electrochemical ion transfer mediated by a lipophilic Os(ii)/Os(iii) dinonyl bipyridyl probe incorporated in thin film membranes

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
28 Jul 2017
Accepted
31 Aug 2017
First published
31 Aug 2017

Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 10757-10760

Electrochemical ion transfer mediated by a lipophilic Os(II)/Os(III) dinonyl bipyridyl probe incorporated in thin film membranes

S. Jansod, L. Wang, M. Cuartero and E. Bakker, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 10757 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC05908F

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