Electrochemical Study of Iodide in the Presence of Phenol and o-Cresol Application to the Catalytic Determination of Phenol and o-Cresol.docVIP

Sensors 2004, 4, 170-180 sensors ISSN 1424-8220 ? 2004 by MDPI /sensors Electrochemical Study of Iodide in the Presence of Phenol and o-Cresol: Application to the Catalytic Determination of Phenol and o-Cresol Lida Fotouhi , Mahsa Ganjavi and Davood Nematollahi 1* 1 2 1 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Al-Zahra University, P.O. Box 1993891176, Tehran, Iran, Tel. (98)-21-8044051, Fax. (98)-21-8047861 2 * Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Bu-Ali-Sina University, Hamadan, Iran Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: lfotouhi@alzahra.ac.ir Received: 10 May 2004 / Accepted: 25 October 2004 / Published: 30 November 2004 Abstract: The electrochemical oxidation of iodide in the presence of phenol and o-cresol was investigated at a glassy carbon electrode in buffered media by cyclic voltammetry, linear sweep voltammetry and controlled–potential coulometry. The experimental results indicate that the phenol and o-cresol convert to their derivatives after participating in a halogenation coupled reaction (quasi-catalytic reaction) following the oxidation of iodide to iodine. The concentrations of phenol and o-cresol have been determined in aqueous solutions according to the linear dependence of quasi-catalytic peak currents with the concentration. The calibration graphs show two linear sections of 0.0 to 1.0×10 to 1.0 ×10 M for phenol and 4.2×10 to 1.0×10 M and 2.0×10 to 1.0×10 for o-cresol. The theoretical detection limits and the relative standard deviations for ten -4 M and -3 M 2.0×10 -4 -3 -5 -4 -4 measurements of phenol and o-cresol are 1.125×10 M, 1.06% and 4.201×10 M, 1.44%, -5 -5 respectively. Keywords: Electrochemical study, determination, phenol, o-cresol.