On the electron-proton-electron mechanism for 1-benzyl-1, 4-dihydronicotinamide oxidations

LL Miller, JR Valentine

Index: Miller, Larry L.; Valentine, James R. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1988 , vol. 110, # 12 p. 3982 - 3989

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Citation Number: 129

Abstract

Abstract: The reaction of 1-benzyl-1, 4dihydronicotinamide (BNAH) with several ferrocenium (Fc') salts in aqueous propanol was studied. The mechanism was shown to involve electron- proton-electron transfer with rate-limiting electron transfer from BNAH to Fc'. From the rate constants and Eo (Fc/Fc+) values, the E"(BNAH/BNAH'+) was estimated to be 0.89 V (SCE). The electrochemistry of BNAH was investigated in order to evaluate a previously ...