Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2002, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (7): 1285.

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Heterolytic (R-H)Bond Dissociation Free Energies in Solution Derived from Electrochemically-monitored Acid-Base Titration(EABT)

ZENG Qing, HE Jia-Qi, CHENG Jin-Pei   

  1. Department of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
  • Received:2001-05-28 Online:2002-07-24 Published:2002-07-24

Abstract: An Electrochemically Monitored Acid Base Titration(EABT) method using cyclic voltammetry was established to measure directly the concentration change of all species, then to get the acidic dissociation constants(pKRH ) and bond heterolysis energies(Δ Ghet ) of radical cations. pKRH s of phenothiazine and its analogues in dimethylsulfoxide and acetonitrile were obtained and in good accordance with the pKRH s derived from indirect methods. So, the credence of the present method was tested. Because the exact values of p Ka(or BDE) of the parent molecules and of the anion oxidation potentials needed by indirect methods are not required, the EABTmethod can be applicable to a wide range oforganic systems whose pKRH s may otherwise be difficult to be obtained.

Key words: pKRH, Radical cation, Cyclic voltammetry, Bond heterolysis energy

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