Research Article

Electrochemical Behavior of Quinoxalin-2-one Derivatives at Mercury Electrodes and Its Analytical Use

Table 3

Values of product αz and number of protons 𝑝 calculated from DC curves for compounds I, II, and III.

CompoundpHαz αz Mean valuepSlope calculated [V/pH]Slope read off from the graph [V/pH]
(a)(b)αzα

I <2.70.3650.3730.3690.1850.532−0.088−0.088
 2.7–7.60.4510.4820.4670.2230.553−0.070−0.070
 7.6–9.91.2211.2961.2590.6290.797−0.038−0.039
 >9.90.7200.7200.7200.3600.955−0.079−0.078

II<2.00.3290.2810.3050.1530.398−0.077−0.077
2.0–8.00.3350.3130.3240.1620.408−0.074−0.073
8.0–9.80.7390.8100.7740.3870.595−0.037−0.036
>9.81.1361.1181.1270.5641.166−0.063−0.063

III<1.90.3680.3970.3820.1910.583−0.091−0.086
1.9–5.20.7550.6640.6980.3490.689−0.058−0.062
5.2–8.51.5391.4851.5120.7561.734−0.068−0.065
8.5–10.11.3851.3161.3510.6760.931−0.041−0.045
>10.10.6490.6510.6500.3250.856−0.061−0.076