New Type of an Adsorption Layer of Organic Molecules with a Cage Structure Condensed at the Electrode/Solution Interface: The Adsorption of Cubane Derivatives on a Mercury Electrode.

A synthesis and a study by method of measuring the differential capacitance on a stationary mercury drop of the adsorption of a number of cubane derivatives in a surface-inactive electrolyte are performed. It is established that the compounds studied exhibit a high surface activity. For bromine derivatives of cubane (4-bromomethoxycarbonylcubane, 4-bromohydroxymethylcubane) the formation of two-dimensional adsorption layers is discovered. Values of adsorption parameters for these compounds are evaluated with use made of the Frumkin isotherm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]