We report a simple, sensitive, and rapid detection of captopril using copper(II) and a bare glassy carbon electrode with cyclic voltammetry. The captopril is detected by the formation of a copper(II)‐captopril complex that is observed to have a characteristic oxidation potential at+0.24 V vs. Ag/AgCl. It is found that the peak current varies linearly with the concentration of captopril. The linear dynamic range is obtained for a captopril concentration of 1 µM to 10 µM, and the sensitivity is found to be 0.10±0.003 μA μM−1. Importantly, the low limit of detection (n=3) of 0.10 μM and the precision of 3.2 %, are achieved using a simple, unmodified electrode. This is attributable to in situ adsorption of a copper(II)‐captopril complex on the electrode surface.
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