Polarographic behavior of several derivatives of camphor was examined. Of the halocamphors examined, only the 3-halocamphor showed reduction wave, while 8-bromo-
dl-camphor, 6-bromo-8-chloro-
l-camphor, and 10-bromo-
d-camphor did not. 3-Bromo-
d-camphor indicated a two-electron reduction wave and its half-wave potential (
E1/2) was -0.66 v. vs. N. C. E., irrespective of pH. 3-Oxocamphor showed a reduction wave at pH 1-8 of
E1/2=-0.34-0.058 pH, and diffusion current constant of 2.94, in which 2 electrons and 2 protons take part. At pH 8-12, the reduction wave
E1/2=-0.57-0.03 pH appears, in which 2 electrons and 1 proton take part. Isoketopinic acid and ketopinic acid showed a hydrogen wave in acid, non-buffered solution. Almost all the camphor derivatives decreased the condenser current at definite potential range and showed a small two-step wave (called a camphor wave). 5-Oxocamphor did not show any reduction wave up to -1.8 v., and showed a camphor wave, a tensammetric wave by A. C. polarograph.
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