Ama. Helmy et al., POLAROGRAPHIC-BEHAVIOR OF 5-PHENYLAZOPYRIMIDINETRIONE AND ITS SUBSTITUTED DERIVATIVES, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 44(10), 1996, pp. 1779-1784
The polarographic behavior of 5-phenylazo-2-thiobarbituric acid and 5
of its substituted derivatives was investigated in a buffer solution o
f pH (2-12). A mechanism for the reduction pathway is suggested. Based
on the results of the nitro derivative, the coupling product of 2-thi
obarbituric acid with diazonium salt is most probably in the azo and n
ot the hydrazone form. The most reliable E(1/2) values at different pH
's were correlated to Hammett's sigma constant which reflected a fair
correlation.