V. P. Osipova, N. A. Antonova, N. Berberova
Nov 3, 2011
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Russian Journal of Electrochemistry
Abstract
The method of cyclic voltammetry on a platinum electrode in acetonitrile is used to study the redox properties of a number of novel pyrrolidine derivatives containing a sterically hindered phenol fragment. It is found that the obtained derivatives of (3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid are irreversibly oxidized in two stages with formation of a phenoxy radical. The structural analogue containing no phenyl fragment is irreversibly oxidized under similar conditions in a single stage. Formation of a stable phenoxy radical from synthesized (3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)pyrrolidines under PbO2 oxidation is confirmed by ESR spectroscopy. Application of the synthesized compounds as antioxidant agents has been suggested.