Electrochemical oxidation of vitamin e (α-toh) inside artificial lipid multilayers.

• Main Author: Lau, Charmaine.
• Other Authors: Richard David Webster
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Chemistry::Physical chemistry::Electrochemistry
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/39924
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

α-Tocopherol is electrochemically converted into α-tocopherol quinone via an intermediate α-tocopherol phenoxonium cation. It is a chemically irreversible process which occurs readily in the presence of water. This -2e-/-2H+ oxidation reaction was examined by conducting electrochemical experiments...