Electrochemically controlled chemically reversible transformation of α-tocopherol (vitamin E) into its phenoxonium cation

Williams, Leodrina; Webster, Richard

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Electrochemically controlled chemically reversible transformation of α-tocopherol (vitamin E) into its phenoxonium cation

Date

2004

Authors

Williams, Leodrina

Webster, Richard

Publisher

American Chemical Society

Abstract

alpha;-Tocopherol (α-TOH) can be electrochemically oxidized in CH3CN containing BU4NPF6 in a chemically reversible two-electron/one-proton (ECE) process to form the phenoxonium cation (α-TO+) that is stable for at least several hours at 243 K. In the pr