title: Voltammetric study of interfacial electron transfer between bis(cyclopentadienyl)iron in organic solvents and hexacyanoferrate in water.
abstract: The electron-transfer reaction between bis(cyclopentadienyl)iron(II) ([Fe(II)(C5H5)2]) in nitrobenzene and a hexacyanoferrate redox couple ([Fe(II/III)(CN)6](4-/3-)) in water at the nitrobenzene / water interface was studied using normal pulse voltammetry. The voltammetric results indicate that the electron-transfer reaction takes place by way of a so-called ion-transfer (IT) mechanism, of which the forward and backward rate constants of the homogeneous electron-transfer reaction between [Fe(II/III)(C5H5)2](0/+) and [Fe(II/III)(CN)6](4-/3-) in the water phase have been determined. The electron-transfer reaction between [Fe(II)(C5H5)2] in 1,2-dichloroethane and [Fe(II/III)(CN)6](4-/3-) in water at the 1,2-dichloroethane / water interface was shown to also take place by the IT-mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioscience, Fukui Prefectural University, Matsuoka, Fukui 910-1195, Japan. tatsumi@fpu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hirosuke
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tatsumi
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Katano