Electrochemical behaviour and biological screening of 4-(substituted) acetophenone salicylyl hydrazones

Ramana Kumar Kakarla* and Sril

Abstract

Electrochemical reduction of 4-(substituted) acetophenone salicylyl hydrazones has been carried out in Britton- Robinson buffers in the pH range of 1.1 to 10.1 containing 50% V/V dimethylformamide. The compounds exhibit a well-defined wave at DME and well-defined cathode peak at HMDE. A plausible mechanism has been suggested on the basis of number of protons and electrons involved in the reduction process.