The autoprotonation in reduction mechanism of pesticide ioxynil

…, M Hromadová, J Ludvík, L Pospíšil, S Giannarelli

Index: Sokolova, Romana; Hromadova, Magdalena; Ludvik, Jiri; Pospisil, Lubomir; Giannarelli, Stefania Electrochimica Acta, 2010 , vol. 55, # 27 p. 8336 - 8340

Full Text: HTML

Citation Number: 8

Abstract

The reduction mechanism of ioxynil (3, 5-diiodo-4-hydroxy-benzonitrile) was studied in dimethylsulfoxide using the electrochemical methods (tast polarography, cyclic voltammetry and controlled potential electrolysis) combined with GC/MS identification of products. The reduction is accompanied by the cleavage of iodide yielding 3-iodo-4-hydroxybenzonitrile. Surprisingly, this process requires only one electron for the exhaustive electrolysis of the ...