Kinetics of the Oxidation of L-Cysteine by trans- and cis-Cobalt(III) and Iron(III) Complexes

2006 ◽  
Vol 61 (11) ◽  
pp. 1346-1350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamzeh M. Abdel-Halim ◽  
Adnan S. Abu-Surrah ◽  
Hutaf M. Baker

Kinetics of oxidation of L-cysteine by pairs of trans and racemic cis isomers of cobalt(III) and iron(III) based transition metal complexes have been studied in aqueous solution. Kinetics measurements were run under pseudo first order conditions in which the concentration of cysteine is between one and two orders of magnitude greater than that of the isomers of the transition metal complex. The orders of the reaction with respect to both cysteine and the isomer were determined. The observed rate constants and the overall rate constants of the oxidation process were measured. For all geometrical isomers, it was found that the rate constant of oxidation of L-cysteine by the trans isomer is between one to three orders of magnitude greater than that by the cis isomer. The difference in rates can be explained by a geometric factor around the metal ion center in the complex. The less crowded isomer (trans) makes electron transfer easier and hence facilitates the oxidation process which leads to a higher oxidation rate.

1992 ◽  
Vol 70 (11) ◽  
pp. 2785-2791 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert I. Haines ◽  
Sandra J. Northcott

The kinetics of oxidation of several nickel(II) tetraazamacrocycles by the peroxydisulphate anion have been studied in water and in binary aqueous mixtures. The reactions proceed via an ion-pairing pre-equilibrium, followed by metal ion-assisted peroxy-bond fissure within the ion-pair solvent shell. The derived rate law is[Formula: see text]Ion-pairing constants have been determined and have been found to be little influenced by steric factors, but do depend on solvent composition. Rate constants have been extracted using the rate expression and activation energies have been estimated from temperature dependences.


1955 ◽  
Vol 33 (12) ◽  
pp. 1780-1791 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. H. Betts

The kinetics of oxidation of uranium (IV) by iron (III) in aqueous solutions of perchloric acid have been investigated at four temperatures between 3.1 °C. and 24.8 °C. The reaction was followed by measurement of the amount of ferrous ion formed. For the conditions (H+) = 0.1–1.0 M, ionic strength = 1.02, (FeIII) = 10−4–10−5 M, and (UIV) = 10−4–10−5 M, the observed rate law is d(Fe2+)/dt = −2d(UIV)/dt[Formula: see text]K1 and K2 are the first hydrolysis constants for Fe3+ and U4+, respectively, and K′ and K″ are pseudo rate constants. At 24.8 °C., K′ = 2.98 sec.−1, and K″ = 10.6 mole liter−1 sec−1. The corresponding temperature coefficients are ΔH′ = 22.5 kcal./mole and ΔH″ = 24.2 kcal./mole. The kinetics of the process are consistent with a mechanism which involves, as a rate-controlling step, electron transfer between hydrolyzed ions.


1981 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 99 ◽  
Author(s):  
JK Yandell

The rate constants for the oxidation of reduced cytochrome c by aquacopper(II) ion, aquachloro- copper(II) ion and aquadichlorocopper(II) were found to be 5.7�0.3 1. mol-1 s-1, 2.3×102 1. mol-1 s-1 and 5.6xl031. mol-1 s-1 respectively at 25�C, ionic strength 0.1 and pH 4.0. At low ratios of aquacopper(II) ion to ferrocytochrome c, when oxygen is required to completely oxidize the cytochrome, the reaction mechanism was found to be complex. No evidence for the involvement of copper bound to the cytochrome was found.


1990 ◽  
Vol 68 (9) ◽  
pp. 1499-1503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Conchita Arias ◽  
Fernando Mata ◽  
Joaquin F. Perez-Benito

The kinetics of oxidation of potassium iodide by hydrogen peroxide in aqueous perchloric acid has been studied both in the absence and in the presence of sodium molybdate by means of the initial-rates method. The law found for the total initial reaction rate is[Formula: see text]The activation energies associated with rate constants k1, k2, and k3 are 52 ± 1, 49 ± 1, and 42 ± 3 kJ mol−1, respectively. A mechanism in agreement with the experimental kinetic data is proposed, according to which rate constants k1, k2, and k3 correspond to the oxidations of iodide ion by H2O2, H3O2+ and H2MoO5, respectively. Keywords: catalysis, hydrogen peroxide, iodide ion, kinetics, molybdate ion.


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