Studies on electrode kinetics of schiff bases in aqueous and DMF media

Abstract

Electrochemical reduction of schiff &nbsp;bases, viz., salicylidene-2-hydroxyaniline (<strong>1</strong>), acetophenonidene- 2-hydroxyaniline (<strong>2</strong>), 4-hydroxyacetophenonidene- 2-hydroxy aniline (<strong>3</strong>) and 4-hydroxyaceto- phenonidene-2-hydroxy-5-chloroaniline (<strong>4</strong>) using techniques of cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry and chronopotentiometry in buffer solutions of different <em>p</em>H and in 100% DMF at HMDE have been carried out. The kinetic parameters have been determined and the mechanism for electrochemical reduction of these schiff bases has also been proposed.