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Electrochemical reactions of S-, Se-, and Te-containing organic compounds. XV. Oxidation of selenoanisole derivatives

Journal Article · · J. Gen. Chem. USSR (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:5570953
The electrochemical oxidation of a number of derivatives of selenoanisole RC/sub 6/H/sub 4/SeCH/sub 3/ in acetonitrile on a platinum rotating disk electrode takes place according to a two-electron elimination mechanism with the formation of an intermediate unstable radical cation, which undergoes a first-order reaction (deprotonation, dealkylation, or an interaction with macrocomponents of the solution). A comparison of the results of the electrochemical oxidation and the spectrophotometry of CT complexes with the use of the methods of sigma-rho analysis demonstrated the constancy of the kinetic components of E/sub 1/2/ (R not equal to p-NH/sub 2/) and the distorting influence of adsorption effects on it. The compound with R = p-NH/sub 2/ reacts like other substituted anilines. The electrophilic constant of the p-SeCH/sub 3/ substituent has been evaluated (sigma/sup +/ = 0.59 +/- 0.05).
Research Organization:
V. I. Ul'yanov-Lenin Kazan' State Univ., USSR
OSTI ID:
5570953
Journal Information:
J. Gen. Chem. USSR (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: J. Gen. Chem. USSR (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 55:9; ISSN JGCHA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English