Al2O3 coated with 3-n-propyl-1-azonia-4-azabicyclo[2.2.2]octane silsesquioxane chloride and its use for immobilization of cobalt(II) tetrasulfonated phthalocyanine in oxalic acid electrooxidation

• Autor(a) principal: Ramos,André R.
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Outros Autores: Arguello,Jacqueline, Magosso,Hérica A., Gushikem,Yoshitaka
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50532008000400020
• topic: 3-n-propyl-1-azonia-4-azabicyclo[2.2.2]octanesilsesquioxane chloride; cobalt(II) tetrasulfonated phthalocyanine; oxalic acid electrocatalytic oxidation

A water-soluble polymer prepared by sol-gel process, 3-n-propyl-1-azonia-4-azabicyclo[2.2.2]octane silsesquioxane chloride, was adsorbed on alumina surface. This polymer-coated alumina was able to effectively immobilize cobalt(II) tetrasulfonated phthalocyanine complexes as counter ions. Cobalt phthalocyanine immobilized in this way is well and tightly adsorbed on Al2O3/3-n-propyl-1-azonia-4-azabicyclo[2.2.2]octane silsesquioxane chloride surface. Furthermore, when incorporated to a carbon paste electrode showed a good electrocatalytic response toward the acid oxalic oxidation, making it a suitable electrode material. A linear relationship (r = 0.998) between the current responses obtained by chronoamperometric measurements and the oxalic acid concentration in the range of 7.4 × 10-5 - 9.1 × 10-4 mol L-1 was observed. A detection limit of 18 µmol L-1 was also determined.