Electrochimica Acta

The electrochemical reduction of 1, 4-dichloroazoethanes: Reductive elimination of chloride to form aryl azines

VA Sauro, DC Magri, JL Pitters, MS Workentin

Index: Sauro, Vittorio A.; Magri, David C.; Pitters, Jason L.; Workentin, Mark S. Electrochimica Acta, 2010 , vol. 55, # 20 p. 5584 - 5591

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Abstract

A series of 1, 4-dichloroazoethanes (1-X/Y, X and Y= 4-NO2, 4-CN, 4-CH3 or 4-H) were studied in N, N-dimethylformamide using cyclic voltammetry, constant potential sweep voltammetry (CPSW) and constant potential electrolysis. The voltammograms of 1-X/Y exhibit an irreversible two-electron wave corresponding to dissociative electron transfer (DET) reduction of the carbon–chlorine bond resulting in formation of the azines 2-X/Y in ...