The kinetics of electrocatalytic oxidation of ascorbate was studied on a series of redox self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of the general formula Fc(CH2)4COO(CH2)nSH as electron-transfer mediators, where Fc is the ferrocenyl group and n = 3, 6, 9, and 11. We show that the rate of electron transfer from ascorbate to the surface-confined Fc+ decreases with increasing n. The rationale for the dependence of the rate of electrocatalytic activity and n, in the presence of ClO4, is obtained from Fourier-transform surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (FT-SERS), cyclic voltammetry, and electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance (EQCM) data.
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