Understanding the dipyrone oxidation allying electrochemical and computational approaches.

Electroanalytical methodology by boron-doped diamond electrode (BDDE) associated to the square-wave voltammetry (SWV) for the determination of hydrolyzed dipyrone (DIP) in commercial formulations, raw natural waters and in human urine was developed. Through cyclic voltammetry (CV), it was shown that the oxidation of the DIP on the BDDE was irreversible with diffusional control. Computational studies suggested that the oxidation mechanism of DIP occurred with participation of two electrons and one proton.

Square-wave adsorptive voltammetry of dexamethasone: redox mechanism, kinetic properties, and electroanalytical determinations in multicomponent formulations.

The electrochemical reduction behavior of dexamethasone at a hanging mercury drop electrode was investigated by cyclic and square-wave adsorptive voltammetries in a Britton-Robinson buffer at pH 2.0. The optimized experimental conditions consisted of a pulse potential frequency of 100 s(-1), a pulse amplitude of 15 mV, and a potential step height of 2 mV, with E(acc)=-0.