Este trabalho descreve a preparação de eletrodo de pasta de carbono (EPC) em minicavidade de contato sólido e sua avaliação quando a pasta de carbono contém ou não partículas sub-micormétricas de SiO2(Eu3+ 2%) e SiO2(Eu3+ 2%)-lisina. Nestes estudos, medidas de voltametria cíclica e impedância eletroquímica foram realizadas em PBS (0,1 mol L-1 pH 7,4) contendo as espécies redox Fe(CN)6-3/-4. Os resultados de impedância foram interpretados baseados na reação de transferência de carga envolvendo as espécies Fe(CN)6-3/-4 e/ou oxigênio em frequências mais altas e, difusão das espécies eletroativas e características da pasta de carbono a baixas frequências. EPC-minicavidade é apropriado para eletroanálises usando pasta de carbono modificada.

This work describes the preparation of carbon paste electrode (EPC) in a solid-contact minicavity and its evaluation when containing carbon paste without and with SiO2(Eu3+ 2%) and SiO2(Eu3+ 2%)-lysine sub-micrometrics particles. For this study cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance measurements were performed at pH 7.4 in 0.1 mol L-1 PBS containing Fe(CN)6-3/-4 redox species. The impedance results were interpretated based on a charge-transfer reaction involving Fe(CN)6-3/-4 species and/or oxygen at higher frequencies and, diffusion of the electroactive species and carbon paste characteristics at lower frequencies. EPC-minicavity is suitable for electroanalysis using modified carbon paste.

This review presents studies on methyl coenzyme M reductase, the biological system Factor 430 (F430) and the use of nickel(II) complexes as structural and functional models. The ability of F430 and nickel(II) macrocycle complexes to mediate the reductive dehalogenation of cyclohexyl halogens and the CH3-S bond cleavage of methyl CoM (by sodium borohydride and some intermediate species) proposed for the catalytic cycle of the biological system F430 was reviewed. The importance of the structure of the nickel complexes and the condition of the catalytic reduction reaction are also discussed.