Liquid chromatography and electrochemical detection of alditols and acidic sugars at a cobalt phthalocyanine‐containing chemically modified electrode

Abstract

Abstract Chemically modified carbon paste electrodes containing incorporated cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPC) were shown to exhibit an electrocatalytic response for the oxidation of carbohydrate derivatives from the alditol and aldonic, uronic, and aldaric acid families. The electrocatalysis, which is similar to that previously seen for simple carbohydrates, resulted in the electrolysis of these compounds between +0.4 and +0.6 V vs. Ag/AgCl where Co(II)PC is oxidized to Co(III)PC. The response was greatest for the alditols and decreased from the aldonic to the aldaric acids. When used to quantify these compounds following anion exchange chromatography, detection limits at +0.42 V ranged from 10 pmol for the alditols to the nanomole level for some of the aldaric acids.