Metallacarboranes as tunable redox potential electrochemical indicators for screening of gene mutation.

ABSTRACT: The substitution of hydrogen with chlorine in the metallacarborane [3,3-Fe(1,2-closo-C₂B₉H₁₁)₂]^- cluster modulates the formal potential of the Fe³⁺/Fe²⁺ redox couple, shifting it to a more positive value. Hence, very similar redox probes with a wide range of formal potentials, ranging from negative to positive values, are available. Thus, we have achieved the synthesis and studied the electrochemical behaviour of the sodium salt of [3,3-Fe(8,9,12-Cl₃-1,2-closo-C₂B₉H₈)₂]^- in aqueous media. This strategy allows tuning of the redox potential of the [3,3-Fe(1,2-closo-C₂B₉H₁₁)₂]^-

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Mendiola T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6022041 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature