Voltammetric study of the interaction between oxacillin sodium and cysteine in the presence and absence of Mn(II)ions in neutral buffer solution

In this study, the voltammetric behaviour of the interaction of oxacillin sodium (OXA) and OXA-cysteine (RSH) was studied by square-wave voltamme- try, cyclic voltammetry in Britton-Robinson (B-R) buffer (pH 7.0). OXA gave two peaks at -0.248 and -1.224 V. For the interaction, the peak of mercurous cysteine thiolate (Hg2(SR)2) was selected. It was found that the peak currents corresponding to Hg2(SR)2 significantly decreased, while the peak potential shifted to more posi- tive potentials upon the addition of OXA. The observed phenomena are due to the interaction of OXA with RSH on the surface of the mercury electrode. When OXA was added to the electrochemical cell along with Mn(II), new peaks at -0.146 and -0.608 V were observed. These peaks were due to the catalytic activity of OXA on the reduction of Mn(II) and could be attributed to the formation of Mn(II) comple- xes with different metal/ligand ratios. On the other hand, in the presence of RSH, the peak at -0.608 V vanished and a reduction peak was observed at -0.662 V. The catalytic reduction peak potential of Mn(II) at -0.662 V indicated that RSH slightly prevented the catalysis process of OXA due to their mutual interaction.