Um sensor biomimético catecol oxidase, baseado em um novo complexo cobre(II) foi desenvolvido para determinação de catequina em chá verde e os resultados comparados com os obtidos por eletroforese capilar. O complexo dinuclear de cobre(II) [Cu 2 (HL)(µ-CH 3 COO)] (ClO 4 ), contendo o ligante N,N-[bis-(2-piridilmetil)]-N',N'-[(2-hidroxibenzil)(2-hidroxi-3,5-di-tert-butilbenzil)]-1,3-propanodiamino-2-ol (H 3 L), foi sintetizado e caracterizado por IV, 1 H RMN e análise elementar. As melhores condições para otimização do sensor biomimético foram estabelecidas por voltametria de onda quadrada. O melhor desempenho desse sensor foi obtido em 75:15:10% (m/m/m) de pó de grafite:nujol:complexo de cobre(II), tampão fosfato 0,05 mol L -1 (pH 7,5) e freqüência, amplitude de potencial, incremento em 30 Hz, 80 mV, 3,3 mV, respectivamente. A curva analítica foi linear na faixa de concentração 4,95 × 10 -6 a 3,27 × 10 -5 mol L -1 (r=0,9993) com limite de detecção de 2,8 × 10 -7 mol L -1 . Esse sensor biomimético demonstrou longo tempo de estabilidade (9 meses; 800 determinações) e reprodutibilidade com um desvio padrão relativo de 3,5%. A recuperação da catequina em amostras de chá verde variou de 93,8 a 106,9% e a determinação, comparada com a obtida usando eletroforese capilar, mostrou-se aceitável a um nível de confiança de 95%.A catechol oxidase biomimetic sensor, based on a novel copper(II) complex, was developed for the determination of catechin in green tea and the results were compared with those obtained by capillary electrophoresis. The dinuclear copper(II) complex, [Cu 2 (HL)(µ-CH 3 COO)](ClO 4 ), containing the ligand N,N-[bis-(2-pyridylmethyl)]-N',N'-[(2-hydroxybenzyl)(2-hydroxy-3,5-ditert-butylbenzyl)]-1,3-propanediamine-2-ol (H 3 L), was synthesized and characterized by IR, 1 H NMR and elemental analysis. The best conditions for the optimization of the biomimetic sensor were established by square wave voltammetry. The best performance for this sensor was obtained in 75:15:10% (m/m/m) of the graphite powder:nujol:copper(II) complex, 0.05 mol L -1 phosphate buffer solution (pH 7.5) and frequency, pulse amplitude, scan increment at 30 Hz, 80 mV, 3.3 mV, respectively. The analytical curve was linear in the concentration range 4.95 × 10 -6 to 3.27 × 10 -5 mol L -1 (r = 0.9993) with a detection limit of 2.8 × 10 -7 mol L -1 . This biomimetic sensor demonstrated long-term stability (9 months; 800 determinations) and reproducibility with a relative standard deviation of 3.5%. The recovery of catechin from green tea samples ranged from 93.8 to 106.9% and the determination, compared with that obtained using capillary electrophoresis, was found to be acceptable at the 95% confidence level.Keywords: catechin, green tea, biomimetic sensor, square wave voltammetry
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