Abstract
Adrenaline was found to inhibit strongly the electrochemiluminescence (ECL) from the Ru(bpy) 3 2+/tripropylamine system when a working Pt electrode was maintained at 1.05 V (versus Ag/AgCl) in pH 8.0 phosphate buffer. On this basis, a flow injection (FI) procedure with inhibited electrochemiluminescence detection has been developed for determination of adrenaline. The method exhibited a good reproducibility, sensitivity, and stability with a detection limit (signal-to-noise ratio = 3) of 7.0×10 −9 mol l −1 and dynamic concentration range of 2×10 −8 to 1×10 −4 mol l −1. The relative standard deviation was 2.2% for 1.0×10 −6 mol l −1 adrenaline ( n=11). The method was successfully applied to the determination of adrenaline in pharmaceutical samples. Moreover, ECL emission spectra, UV-Vis absorption spectra and cyclic voltammograms of Ru(bpy) 3 2+/tripropylamine/adrenaline were studied. The inhibition mechanism has been proposed as the interaction of electrogenerated Ru(bpy) 3 2+* and the o-benzoquinone derivatives, adrenochrome and adrenalinequinone, at the electrode surface.
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