Electrochemical properties of polycyclic compounds studied by the polarographic method in anhydrous systems. VII. Polarographic oxidation of carcinogenic hydrocarbons in dimethylformamide.

The electrooxidation of polycyclic carcinogenic hydrocarbons in dimethylformamide solutions was studied by polarography. The results generally have confirmed that a correlation exists between oxidation potentials and carcinogenic activity of the studied polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The half-wave potentials of the polarographic curves have been found to be directly related to the root xn of the Huckel secular equation for the highest bonding orbital and to the reduction potentials measured in dimethylformamide.