Hydrophobic vitamin B . Part 18.† Preparation of a sol–gel
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modified electrode trapped with a vitamin B derivative and its
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photoelectrochemical reactivity
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Hisashi Shimakoshi, Aki Nakazato, Mami Tokunaga, Kiyofumi Katagiri, Katsuhiko Ariga,
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Jun-ichi Kikuchi and Yoshio Hisaeda*
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Engineering,
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Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.
E-mail: yhisatcm@mbox.nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp; Fax: 81-92-632-4718; Tel: 81-92-642-3592
Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology,
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916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0101, Japan
Received 2nd January 2003, Accepted 11th April 2003
First published as an Advance Article on the web 29th April 2003
A vitamin B12 derivative, heptapropyl cobyrinate perchlorate, was readily trapped onto an indium tin oxide (ITO)
electrode by a sol–gel reaction. The complex was physically retained in a silica gel film which is formed on an ITO
electrode. The thickness of the film could be controlled by the withdrawing speed of the dip coating process.
Formation of a sol–gel film was confirmed by SEM measurements, and the total amount of the complex in the film
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was determined by UV–VIS absorption spectra. The complex exhibits the Co /Co redox couple at Ϫ0.42 V vs.
Ag–AgCl. The amount of the electroactive complex in the sol–gel film deduced from electrochemical measurements
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is 3.0 × 10 and 6.2 × 10 mol cm for thicknesses of 170 and 330 nm, respectively. This electroactive complex
shows a high reactivity towards organic halides, and the controlled-potential electrolysis of benzyl bromide using
the sol–gel modified electrode at Ϫ1.20 V vs. Ag–AgCl in aqueous solution containing 0.1 M KCl afforded
dehalogenated products, bibenzyl and toluene, with a total turnover number of >1000 for 1 h.
Introduction
ethoxysilane (TEOS, Shin-etsu Chemicals) was used after
distillation under reduced pressure. Absolute ethanol was
used after distillation. Heptamethyl cobyrinate perchlorate,
Vitamin B -dependent enzymes, involving a cobalt species as
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the catalytic center, mediate various reactions. In order to
simulate the catalytic functions of vitamin B12 as exerted in the
hydrophobic active sites of enzymes concerned, we have been
dealing with hydrophobic vitamin B12 derivatives which have
ester groups in place of the peripheral amide moieties of the
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Cob(II)7C ester]ClO , and heptapropyl cobyrinate perchlor-
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ate, [Cob(II)7C ester]ClO , were synthesized by the previously
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reported method. The ITO-coated glass plates (5 × 50 mm)
and the slide glass substrate were cleaned by sonication in 30%
H O aqueous solution for 30 min followed by sonication in
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naturally occurring vitamin B , and succeeded in performing
various electroorganic reactions such as 1,2-migration of
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ethanol for 1 h at 30 ЊC, and then dried with nitrogen gas.
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functional groups,
asymmetric reactions,
ring-expansion
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Preparation of the sol–gel modified electrode
reactions, and synthesis of large-membered macrocyclic lac-
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tones using hydrophobic vitamin B12 derivatives as a catalyst
in organic solvents. In a recent development of electroorganic
chemistry, it is considered that the immobilization of catalysts
onto an electrode has many advantageous features such as util-
ization of small amounts of catalyst species, ready separation
of products, and application to specific electro-organic syn-
The silica gel films were prepared by hydrolysis and conden-
sation of TEOS. A typical silica solution was prepared by mix-
ing TEOS (0.62 g, 3.0 mmol), 0.1 M aq. HCl (0.22 g, 12 mmol),
ethanol (1.11 g, 24 mmol) and [Cob(II)7C ester]ClO (40.5 mg,
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3.0 × 10 mmol) for 24 h at room temperature. The resulting
solution was deposited on a freshly cleaned ITO electrode or a
slide glass substrate (Matsunami Glass Industries) by dip coat-
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theses. With this viewpoint, we and other groups reported
some methods for immobilization of vitamin B derivatives
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ing at withdrawing speeds of 50 and 100 mm min . The silica
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onto electrodes,
and performed various electroorganic reac-
gel film formed on the substrate was dried (aged) for 12 h at
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tions. Unfortunately, all of these methods require a specific
modification of the electrode surface so that a tedious pro-
cedure is needed for the preparation of the modified electrode.
In contrast to these methods, the sol–gel method is a convenient
technique for incorporation of various compounds into sol–gel
General analyses and measurements
The UV–VIS absorption spectra were measured on a Hitachi
U-3300 spectrophotometer at room temperature, and a silica
glass slide with undoped gel film was used as a reference. The
EPR spectra were obtained on a JEOL JES-FE1G X-band
spectrometer equipped with an Advantest TR-5213 microwave
counter and an Echo Electronics EFM-200 NMR field meter.
The sol solution containing [Cob(II)7C ester]ClO was poured
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films.
There is no need for a pretreatment of the electrode,
and it is easy to trap various compounds simply by co-mixing.
In this paper, we report the incorporation of a vitamin B12
derivative onto an indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode using the
sol–gel method as shown in Fig. 1 and examine the catalytic
activity for the dehalogenation of an organic halide.
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onto a glass plate, and the solvent was evaporated at 80 ЊC to
form a red film. This film was dried under reduced pressure in
the EPR cell, and the EPR spectrum was obtained at 77 K. The
GLC analyses were carried out on a Shimadzu GC-9A appar-
atus equipped with a Shimadzu C-R6A Chromatopac. The
GC-MS was obtained using a Shimadzu QP5050A. Scanning
electron micrographs (SEMs) were recorded on a Hitachi
S-5000 (HV = 25 kV) installed at the Centre of Advanced
Instrumental Analysis, Kyushu University.
Experimental
Materials
All solvents and chemicals used in the syntheses were of reagent
grade and were used without further purification. Tetra-
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