An Experience with P3HT Modified CNT Working Electrode to Detect Lead by Square Wave Anodic Stripping Voltammetry

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The Chemical Educator

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Abstract Volume 20 (2015) pp 256-259

An Experience with P3HT Modified CNT Working Electrode to Detect Lead by Square Wave Anodic Stripping Voltammetry

Corrie Spradlin^†, Mary Sullivan^†, Dolores Dodson^†, Lei Zhai^‡, and Suzanne Lunsford*^,†

^†Wright State University, Department of Chemistry, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy., Dayton, Ohio 45435, suzanne.lunsford@wright.edu;^‡ University of Central Florida, Nanoscience Technology Center, 12424 Research Parkway, Orlando, Florida 32826
Received July 2, 2015. Accepted September 16, 2015.

Published: 25 September 2015

Abstract. We present a laboratory experiment that covers the concepts of synthesis, NMR, and hydrogen bonding for a second-semester organic chemistry class for life-science majors. Two imines are synthesized from the addition of para-toluidine to either ortho- or para-vanillin through a solvent-less reaction. Students use their acquired ¹H NMR spectra of each imine to determine which imine possesses an intramolecular hydrogen bond. This experiment helps provide a clear connection between organic chemistry and biological sciences.

Key Words: Laboratories and Demonstrations; organic chemistry; carbon nanotubes dispersion; polymer (poly-3-hexylthiophene); environment; sensor development and electrochemistry (square wave anodic stripping voltammetry).

(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: suzanne.lunsford@wright.edu)

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