Spectroelectrochemistry and electrocatalytical activity of the bis(2,6-diacetylfurfuryliminepyridine)iron(II) complex

✍ Scribed by Izaura H. Kuwabara; Francisco C.M. Comninos; Vera L. Pardini; Hans Viertler; Henrique E. Toma

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 537 KB
• Volume: 39
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0013-4686
• DOI: 10.1016/0013-4686(94)e0194-s

✦ Synopsis

Reported are the synthesis, spectroelectrochemistry and electrocatalytical properties of the bis(2,6-diacetylfurfuryliminepyridine)iron(II) complex, [Fe(dafipy)J*'. The electrochemical behavior observed for this complex in acetonitrile solutions is typically reversible, exhibiting three characteristic waves at 1.40, -0.86 and -1.12V vs. she, ascribed to the Fe(III/II) and dafipy0'-'l-2 redox couples, respectively. The electrocatalytical oxidation of organic substrates, such as N,N-dimethylformamide and Csubstituted-1,2-&nethoxybenzenes, in the presence of the [Fe(dafipy)2]t' catalyst proceeds at a lower potential and with great efficiency. The electrocatalytical synthesis of 2,2'-diethyl-4,4',5,5'-tetramethoxybiphenyl is discussed.