Immobilization of functionalized iron(II) clathrochelates with terminal (poly)aromatic group(s) on carbonaceous materials and their detailed cyclic voltammetry studyстатья
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Аннотация:The detailed cyclic voltammetry (CV) study of the iron(II) clathrochelates with one, two or six terminal
(poly)aromatic group(s) in a wide range of scan rate of the potential using glassy carbon (GC) and Pt
working electrodes was performed. Their CVs contain the single one-electron quasireversible Fe2þ/þ
reduction wave in the cathodic potential range and one or two oxidation waves in the anodic range,
assigned to a metal-centered Fe2þ/3þ process and to oxidation of their polyaromatic terminal group(s).
The potentials of both the reduction Fe2þ/þ and oxidation Fe2þ/3þ processes are shifted in the cathodic
range as compared with their halogenoclathrochelate precursors and the values of shifts are substantially
affected by a material of the working electrode; the electrochemical characteristics of the metal-centered
waves suggest their diffusion-controlled character. Plots of the current peaks versus y1/2 for the second
anodic waves suggest a more complex diffusion e kinetic controlled character of these oxidations; for
the dipyrenyl-terminated cage complex, the plots of the peak potentials versus lny allowed to obtain the
corresponding average values of the apparent charge transfer coefficient a for both these electrodes,
which are evidenced a very slow rate and irreversible character of this redox process. CVs of the hexafunctionalized
clathrochelates contain an additional peak between the first and second (or after the
second) anodic oxidation waves, an intensity of which linearly depends on a scan rate; the shapes of
these CVs and the presence of an additional oxidation wave or plateau suggest their strong adsorption.
The quantitative data about the physical adsorption of the iron(II) clathrochelate on activated carbon (AC)
and reduced graphene oxide (RGO) were obtained. Using UVevis spectral method; the Langmuir
adsorption isotherms were used to calculate the corresponding adsorption equilibrium constants K. The
observed changes of a free Gibbs energy are characteristic of the processes of physical adsorption via the
stacking and Van-der-Waals interactions. Their limiting adsorption on AC decreases with increase in the
number of the polyaromatic group(s) per a molecule from approximately 3$104 to 5.65$105 mol l1,
whereas in the case of RGO as an adsorbent that increases from 2.57$104 to 3.16$101 mol l1. Values of
K for AC also decrease with their number, while in the case of RGO as a substrate, its maximal value was
observed for the difunctionalized iron(II) cage complex. Therefore, the physical adsorption of these
clathrochelates is a structure-dependent process, which is strongly affected by the number of the
functionalizing substituents at a cage framework. The value of K is determined by energy of the supramolecular
binding of an adsorbate to an adsorbent. In the case of the diphenanttheryl-terminated
iron(II) cage complex, its supramolecular binding with a surface of AC is stronger, thus suggesting a
higher adsorption energy, while the hexafunctionalized cage complex forms the more strong supramolecular
assemblies on a surface of RGO. This effect is explained by the presence of wedge-shaped
pores in a macrostructure of RGO, both the size and the form of which is favorable for the physical
adsorption of bulky molecules of the hexaphenanthrenyl-terminated macrobicyclic complex, while the
size and the form of mesopores of AC are favorable for that of the difunctionalized iron(II) clathrochelate.