title: Construction of electrocatalytic electrodes bearing the triphenylamine nucleus covalently bound to carbon. A halogen dance in protonated aminotriphenylamines.
abstract: [reaction: see text]. The triarylamine nucleus has been attached to a carbon fiber electrode by diazotization of an aminotriphenylamine followed by electrochemical reduction. The resulting electrodes can electrocatalyze the oxidation of organic substrates. In acid, 4-amino-4',4' '-dibromotriphenylamine undergoes dismutation into a mixture of amines containing from 0 to 3 bromine atoms.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459, USA.
authors.forename: Brian T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Mayers
authors.forename: Albert J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Fry