DECOMPOSITION OF SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE: THE UNCATALYZED REACTION

1956 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 465-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. W. Lister

The decomposition of sodium hypochlorite has been re-examined. The results show that Foerster and Dolch’s mechanism of the decomposition to chlorate and chloride is correct; they postulated a slow bimolecular reaction to chlorite and chloride, followed by a faster reaction of chlorite with more hypochlorite. Values of the rate constants of both steps are reported; they make the activation energies 24.8 kcal./gm-molecule for the first step and 20.8 kcal./gm-molecule for the second. The rates are such that at 40 °C. a solution of sodium hypochlorite will contain about 1% as much chlorite as hypochlorite. The rate is strongly affected by changing ionic strength; at low ionic strengths it is nearly constant or falls slightly; above about 0.8, the rate rises and at high ionic strengths the rise is quite rapid. No signs of specific catalytic effects of sodium chloride, hydroxide, or carbonate could be observed, and it seems probable that earlier reports of this were due to variations in ionic strength. The decomposition to chloride and oxygen has been measured and is a unimolecular reaction, which is possibly, but not certainly, uncatalyzed. Values of its rate constant are reported; they also are much altered by changing the ionic strength.


2012 ◽  
Vol 65 (11) ◽  
pp. 1970-1974 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Y. Kuo ◽  
C. Y. Pai ◽  
C. H. Wu ◽  
M. Y. Jian

This study applies photo-Fenton and photo-Fenton-like systems to decolorize C.I. Reactive Red 2 (RR2). The oxidants were H2O2 and Na2S2O8; Fe2+, Fe3+, and Co2+ were used to activate these two oxidants. The effects of oxidant concentration (0.3–2 mmol/L) and temperature (25–55 °C) on decolorization efficiency of the photo-Fenton and photo-Fenton-like systems were determined. The decolorization rate constants (k) of RR2 in the tested systems are consistent with pseudo-first-order kinetics. The rate constant increased as oxidant concentration and temperature increased. Activation energies of RR2 decolorization in the UV/H2O2/Fe2+, UV/H2O2/Fe3+, UV/Na2S2O8/Fe2+ and UV/Na2S2O8/Fe3+ systems were 32.20, 39.54, 35.54, and 51.75 kJ/mol, respectively.



1956 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Whitaker

A comparison of the rate constants and activation energies for the hydrolysis of cellobiose, cellotriose, cellotetraose, and cellopentaose by Myrothecium cellulase showed that while the rate constant was increased by a factor of about 450 as the degree of polymerization (D.P.) of the substrate was increased from two to five, the activation energy remained at about 12,000 cal. The results are interpreted, in terms of classical collision theory, as indicating that the increase in rate constant with D.P. is determined by an increase in the steric factor with D.P. Addition of a β-linked sorbityl group to an oligoglucoside increased the rate constant; the increase was less than that from addition of an anhydroglucose unit and, relative to the latter, diminished as the D.P. of the chain undergoing addition was increased. Exposing the enzyme to conditions favoring thermal or surface denaturation caused varying losses in enzymic activity towards the four oligoglucosides; wherever the loss in activity towards one oligoglucoside differed substantially from the loss in activity towards any other oligoglucoside, the greater loss was shown towards the substrate of lower D.P. The results are discussed.



1977 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 211 ◽  
Author(s):  
BW Clare ◽  
DM Druskovich ◽  
DL Kepert ◽  
JH Kyle

The rate of decomposition of dichromate, Cr2O72-, to form chromate, CrO42-, is very dependent upon the choice of cation, and its concentration. At a total ionic strength of 1.0 mol l-1 and at 25.0°C, the second-order rate constant decreases in the order Ca2+ (2600 mol-1 l. s-1) >> K+ + (960) > Na+ (920) >Li+ (700)>> bistet2+ (410) >> Me4N+ (125) >> Et4N+ (35) where bistet2+ is the N,N,N,N',N',N'-hexamethylethylene-1,2-diammonium ion. In the presence of sodium chloride the second-order rate constant increases as the ionic strength increases (200 and 1900 mol-1 l. s-1 at ionic strengths of 0 and 2.7 mol l-1 respectively), whereas in tetramethylammonium chloride a maximum is reached at intermediate ionic strengths. The equilibrium between dichromate and hydrogen chromate is shifted towards the dichromate side in the presence of tetraalkylammonium ions, and towards the hydrogen chromate side in the presence of calcium ion.



1962 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 729-733 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. W. Lister ◽  
R. C. Petterson

The rates of oxygen evolution from carefully purified solutions of sodium hypochlorite have been measured. Methods of purification are described, and it is found that substantially the same rate is observed regardless of the method of purification. The rate of oxygen evolution is proportional to the square of the concentration of hypochlorite ions. The effect of temperature and ionic strength are examined. The rate constant is 7.5 × 10−6 (g-mol/I.)−1(min)−1 at 60 °C and an ionic strength of 3.5; the activation energy is 26.6 kcal/g-mol. These results are compared with the corresponding quantities for the reaction of hypochlorite ions to form chlorite and chloride ions, and some tentative explanations are offered.



1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (5) ◽  
pp. 884-892 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sedigallage A. Peiris ◽  
Gordon R. Freeman

The Smoluchowski–Debye–Stokes–Einstein equation for the rate constant k2 of a bimolecular reaction between charged or polar species[Formula: see text]was used to evaluate effects of bulk solvent properties on reaction rates of solvated electrons with [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] in 2-butanol/water mixed solvents. To explain detailed effects it was necessary to consider more specific behavior of the solvent. Rate constants k2, activation energies E2, and pre-exponential factors A2 of these reactions vary with the composition of 2-butanol/water mixtures. The values of E2 were in general similar to activation energies of ionic conductance EΛ0 of the solutions, except for much higher values of E2 of [Formula: see text] in alcohol-rich solvents and of [Formula: see text] in pure water solvent. The solvent apparently participates chemically in the [Formula: see text] reaction, and the [Formula: see text] reaction is multistep. Rate constant and conductance measurements of thallium acetate solutions in 2-butanol containing zero and 10 mol% water were complicated by the formation of ion clusters larger than pairs. Key words: alcohol/water mixed solvents, ions, reaction kinetics, solvated kinetics, solvated electron, solvent effects.



1970 ◽  
Vol 48 (13) ◽  
pp. 2035-2041 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. H. Betts ◽  
R. H. Voss

Oxygen of mass 18 was used as a stable tracer to measure the rate of exchange between the sulfite ion and water as a function of pH and total sulfite concentration. A value for the rate constant of hydration of SO2 in aqueous solution was determined. The gross rate constants k1 and k−1 for the overall reaction[Formula: see text]at 24.7 °C and ionic strength = 0.9 were evaluated from exchange results to be [Formula: see text]Also, for the first time, rate constants for the pyrosulfite equilibrium[Formula: see text]Were obtained[Formula: see text]at 24.7 °C and ionic strength = 0.9



1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (20) ◽  
pp. 3773-3778 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. L. Sanduja ◽  
W. MacF. Smith

The kinetics of formation of the monophenanthroline complex of nickel(II) has been studied spectrophotometrically in water–methanol mixtures of 0 to 97 weight % of methanol, at ionic strength 0.050, at varying acidities at 25 °C. Values for the rate constants for the acid independent and acid dependent reactions together with values for the equilibrium acid ionization quotient of phenanthrolium ion over the range of solvent mixtures have been determined. The values of the acid independent rate constant show little dependence on solvent compositions up to 76% methanol, then decrease and show no correlation with trends in the ionization quotient of phenanthrolium ion. The acid dependent rate constant shows only a modest dependence on solvent composition over most of the range of solvent compositions except in the range of highest methanol content where it is not significantly different from zero.



1956 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Whitaker

A comparison of the rate constants and activation energies for the hydrolysis of cellobiose, cellotriose, cellotetraose, and cellopentaose by Myrothecium cellulase showed that while the rate constant was increased by a factor of about 450 as the degree of polymerization (D.P.) of the substrate was increased from two to five, the activation energy remained at about 12,000 cal. The results are interpreted, in terms of classical collision theory, as indicating that the increase in rate constant with D.P. is determined by an increase in the steric factor with D.P. Addition of a β-linked sorbityl group to an oligoglucoside increased the rate constant; the increase was less than that from addition of an anhydroglucose unit and, relative to the latter, diminished as the D.P. of the chain undergoing addition was increased. Exposing the enzyme to conditions favoring thermal or surface denaturation caused varying losses in enzymic activity towards the four oligoglucosides; wherever the loss in activity towards one oligoglucoside differed substantially from the loss in activity towards any other oligoglucoside, the greater loss was shown towards the substrate of lower D.P. The results are discussed.



1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven T Olson ◽  
Ingemar Bjork ◽  
Paul A Craig ◽  
Joseph D Shore ◽  
Jean Choay

The high-affinity heparin pentasaccharide (H5) and an 8000 Mr high-affinity heparin (H26) have been compared with respect to their interaction with antithrombin III (AT) and their accelerating effect on AT inhibition of thrombin (T) and factor Xa by rapid kinetic and equilibrium binding studies at pH 7.4, 25°C. Kds of .068 μM at I 0.15 and 0.57 μM at I 0.3 were determined for tne AT-H5 interaction, which were 5 and 2.5-fold weaker, respectively, than affinities determined for H26. Comparison of the kinetics of binding of H5 and H26 to AT at I 0.15 under pseudofirst order conditions ([H]o>> [AT]o) demonstrated a saturable dependence of the observed rate constant for both reaction with indistinguishable limiting rate constants of 700 +/-120 s-1 and 520 +/-90 s-1 , but somewhat different Kds for the initial binding interaction of 20 and 29 μM for H5 and H26, respectively. These results indicate that H5 induces the same conformational change in AT as the larger heparin, but that the rate of reversal of this conformational change is greater for H5 which is the basis for its weaker AT affinity. Bimolecular rate constants for neutralization of factor Xa and thrombin by AT-H5 and AT-H26 complexes were determined by p-aminobenzamidine displacement under pseudo-first order conditions([AT-H] >> [T]o or [Xa]o). I-in-dependent values of .62 μM-1 s-1 were obtained for Xa inhibition by AT-H5 at I 0.15 and 0.3, compared to I-dependent values of 1.4 and 0.91 μM-1 s-1 for AT-H26. For thrombin inhibition by AT-H5, and I-independent enhancement of 1.6-fold in the bimolecular rate constant from .0098 to .016 μM-1 s-1 was observed, in sharp contrast to the marked I-independent enhancement by AT-H26 of the bimolecular rate constant ranging from 4000 to 200-fold at I 0.15 and 0.3, respectively. These results are consistent with a primary ionic strength-independent contribution of the AT conformational change to heparin enhancement of factor Xa but not thrombin neutralization by AT, with an ionic strength-dependent component for both reactions, compatible with a differential role for a protease-heparin interaction. Supported by grant HL-30237



2018 ◽  
Vol 115 (24) ◽  
pp. 6135-6140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Long ◽  
Junwei Lucas Bao ◽  
Donald G. Truhlar

Criegee intermediates (i.e., carbonyl oxides with two radical sites) are known to be important atmospheric reagents; however, our knowledge of their reaction kinetics is still limited. Although experimental methods have been developed to directly measure the reaction rate constants of stabilized Criegee intermediates, the experimental results cover limited temperature ranges and do not completely agree well with one another. Here we investigate the unimolecular reaction of acetone oxide [(CH3)2COO] and its bimolecular reaction with H2O to obtain rate constants with quantitative accuracy comparable to experimental accuracy. We do this by using CCSDT(Q)/CBS//CCSD(T)-F12a/DZ-F12 benchmark results to select and validate exchange-correlation functionals, which are then used for direct dynamics calculations by variational transition state theory with small-curvature tunneling and torsional and high-frequency anharmonicity. We find that tunneling is very significant in the unimolecular reaction of (CH3)2COO and its bimolecular reaction with H2O. We show that the atmospheric lifetimes of (CH3)2COO depend on temperature and that the unimolecular reaction of (CH3)2COO is the dominant decay mode above 240 K, while the (CH3)2COO + SO2 reaction can compete with the corresponding unimolecular reaction below 240 K when the SO2 concentration is 9 × 1010 molecules per cubic centimeter. We also find that experimental results may not be sufficiently accurate for the unimolecular reaction of (CH3)2COO above 310 K. Not only does the present investigation provide insights into the decay of (CH3)2COO in the atmosphere, but it also provides an illustration of how to use theoretical methods to predict quantitative rate constants of medium-sized Criegee intermediates.



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