A Reinvestigation of the Electrochemical Behavior of SC₃N@C₈₀

Authors

Marta E. Plonska-Brzezinska, Clemson University
Andreas J. Athans, Clemson University
J. Paige Phillips Buchanan, University of Southern MississippiFollow
Steven Stevenson, University of Southern Mississippi
Luis Echegoyen, Clemson UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-15-2008

Department

Chemistry and Biochemistry

School

Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Abstract

Electrochemical studies of the I_h isomer of Sc₃N@C₈₀ in acetonitrile/toluene solvent mixture were performed. Controlled potential electrolysis was used to increase the solubility of the compounds via reduction and all CV and DPV investigations were performed under the vapor pressure of the prevailing solvents. The reduction and oxidation processes were found to be electrochemically quasi-reversible by cyclic voltammetry techniques, suggestive of a nondegenerate LUMO and accessible LUMO + 1. The electrochemical properties of Sc₃N@C₈₀ (I_h) were comparatively discussed with our previous results performed in o-dichlorobenzene and results published by other authors in an acetonitrile/toluene solvent mixture.

Publication Title

Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry

Volume

614

Issue

41276

First Page

171

Last Page

174

Recommended Citation

Plonska-Brzezinska, M. E., Athans, A. J., Buchanan, J. P., Stevenson, S., Echegoyen, L. (2008). A Reinvestigation of the Electrochemical Behavior of SC₃N@C₈₀. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 614(41276), 171-174.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/8942