Bioelectrochemistry 2010-02-01

Electrochemical behaviour of dimethyl-2-oxoglutarate on glassy carbon electrode.

Afzal Shah, Victor C Diculescu, Rumana Qureshi, Ana Maria Oliveira-Brett

Index: Bioelectrochemistry 77(2) , 145-50, (2010)

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Abstract

The electrochemical behaviour of dimethyl-2-oxoglutarate (MOG), a key intermediate in the Krebs cycle and an important nitrogen transporter in the metabolic pathways in biological processes, was investigated by cyclic voltammetry, square wave voltammetry and differential pulse voltammetry using a glassy carbon electrode. The reduction of MOG is an irreversible diffusion-controlled process that occurs in a cascade mechanism. For electrolytes with pH <3.0 and pH >7.0 one peak occurred and for 3.0