Oxidation of capsaicin in acetonitrile in dry and wet conditions

• Main Authors: Chan, Kwok Kiong, Muhammad Shafique Hamid, Webster, Richard David
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Science::Chemistry; Hydrogen-Bonding; Karl-Fischer Titration
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/160247
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

An electrochemical study of the phenol capsaicin (CAPH), the active ingredient in chilli pepper, was performed in dried and wet acetonitrile on a glassy carbon electrode. Under dried conditions, two oxidation peaks at ca. 0.7 vs. (Fc/Fc+)/V (labelled E1) and 1.0 vs. (Fc/Fc+)/V (labelled E2) and two...