Imaging Science and Photochemistry ›› 1996, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (1): 27-31.DOI: 10.7517/j.issn.1674-0475.1996.01.27

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ELECTROCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF HYPOCRELLIN IN DMF-H2O MIXED SYSTEM

WANG Weibo, LI Xueping, AN Jingyi, XIAO Xurui   

  1. Institute of Photographic Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P. R. China
  • Received:1995-06-08 Revised:1995-09-01 Online:1996-02-20 Published:1996-02-20

Abstract: The dectrochemical redox characteristics of hypocrellin A,B and 13-SO3Na-DDHA in DMF-H2O(φ=1)-mixed system were investigated.The results show/that that all correspond to two step one-electron reduction processes.For oil-soluble system HA and HB,the reactions are HA(HB)+e+H+=HAH·(HBH·)+e=HAH(HBH);for water-soluble system 13-SO3Na-DDHA,the reactions are(the first step)13-SO3NA-DDHA+e=13-SO3Na-DDHA,(protonatbn)13-SO3Na-DDHA+H+=13-SO3Na-DDHAH·,(the second step)13-SO3Na-DDHA·+e=13-SO3Na-DDHA·,respectively.And it was found that hypocrellin A,B semiquinone radical is very stable,while hypocrellin A sulfonate semiquinone radical is not very stable with a rate constant of disproportionation kf=0.408.

Key words: hypocrellin, electrochemistry, hypocrellin semiquinone, disproportionation