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The Electrochemistry of Vitamin B 12 in Ionic Liquids and Its Use in the Electrocatalytic Reduction of Vicinal Dibromoalkanes
Author(s) -
Lagunas M. Cristina,
Silvester Debbie S.,
Aldous Leigh,
Compton Richard G.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
electroanalysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1521-4109
pISSN - 1040-0397
DOI - 10.1002/elan.200603645
Subject(s) - ionic liquid , electrochemistry , vicinal , vitamin b12 , chemistry , inorganic chemistry , catalysis , ionic bonding , molecule , organic chemistry , electrode , ion , biochemistry
Abstract We present the first electrochemical study in ionic liquid media of cyanocobalamin (vitamin B 12 ), a biologically important molecule, and show its suitability as catalyst in the electroreduction of dibromoalkanes.