The present study reports the simultaneous determination of dipyrone and codeine by a simple, fast and low-cost method using carbon black paste electrode (CBPE) modified with α-cyclodextrin (CD) and hierarchical porous carbon (HPC). Using optimum conditions, the CD-HPC/CBPE sensor proposed in this study presented excellent electrochemical catalysis. Based on square wave voltammetry (SWV) analysis, linear concentration ranges of 0.46 to 35 µmol L−1 and 0.5 to 38 µmol L−1 were obtained for dipyrone and codeine, respectively, with nanomolar limits of detection for both analytes. The proposed sensor exhibited good stability, satisfactory repeatability and high sensibility in the determination of the analytes of interest. The application of the sensor in real samples was found to be successful, with recovery rates ranging from 96 to 106%. The method proposed in this study was found to ...

This work was supported by Peruvian government agencies CONCYTEC and FONDECYT/World Bank (contract 026-2019 FONDECYT-BM-INC.INV) and the Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) through the fellowships granted to J. M. G. (FAPESP 2018/16896-7).

The Peruvian government agencies CONCYTEC and FONDECYT/World Bank (contract 026-2019 FONDECYTBMINC.INV) .

This work reports the fabrication of a novel electrochemical sensor for the detection of the complex ion [Cu(CN)3](aq)2−, one of the main components of the effluents from cyanide alkaline copper plating baths. This sensor was prepared by using a surface modified glassy carbon (GC) electrode with 1,8-dihydroxyantroquinone (1,8-DHAQ). It was characterized by electrochemical impedance, Raman spectroscopy and UV–Visible spectroscopy. The electrochemical detection of [Cu(CN)3](aq)2−was performed by differential pulse voltammetry. The 1,8-DHAQ/GC electrochemical sensor exhibits good reproducibility and a linear range of 5.50 × 10−7–3.81 × 10−6 mol L−1, with a detection limit (LOD) of 1.20 × 10−6 mol L−1, quantification limit (LOQ) of 3.97 × 10−6 mol L−1, and robustness to interfering Cl−, NO3−, SO42− y CO32− ions. Finally, a DFT approach suggests an almost par...