Oxidative degradation of some antibiotics by permanganate ion in alkaline medium: A kinetic and mechanistic approach

Purpose: To investigate the kinetics of oxidative removal of two β-lactam antibiotics (A), namely, ampicillin and flucloxacillin.Methods: In this study, permanganate ion (MnO4-) was used as an oxidant in an alkaline medium at fixed ionic strength of 0.1 mol dm-3 and a temperature of 298 K utilizing a spectrophotometric technique. The obtained oxidation products were characterized using spot tests and FT-IR spectra.Results: The stoichiometry of the reactions was 1:4 (A : MnO4-). The reactions were a first order credence in [MnO4-] and fractional-first order kinetics in antibiotic and hydroxyl ion. Influence of ionic strength was successfully explored. Dependence of reaction rates on temperature was studied and the activation parameters were computed and discussed. A plausible mechanism for the oxidation reactions has been elucidated. A consistent rate-law expression was also derived.Conclusion: This study introduces a significant treatment method for antibiotic removal, thus helping to protect the environment and human health. Keywords: Permanganate, Antibiotics, Oxidative degradation, Kinetics, Mechanism

The electronic structure of the aqueous permanganate ion: aqueous-phase energetics and molecular bonding studied using liquid jet photoelectron spectroscopy

Liquid-jet photoelectron spectroscopy revealed the electronic structure of MnO4−(aq), O-ligand–water interactions, and aqueous-phase energetics of MnO4−(aq)/MnO4˙(aq.).

Determination of the Total Phenolic Content in Wine Samples Using Potentiometric Method Based on Permanganate Ion as an Indicator

A rapid and accurate determination method for total phenolic content is of great importance for controlling the quality of wine samples. A promising potentiometric detection approach, based on permanganate ion fluxes across ion-selective electrode membranes, is fabricated for measuring the total phenolic content of wine. The results show that the presence of phenols, such as gallic acid, leads to a potential increase for the potentiometric sensor. Additionally, the present sensor exhibits a linear potential response with the concentration range from 0.05 to 3.0 g/L with a detection limit of 6.6 mg/L calculated using gallic acid. These sensors also exhibit a fast response time, an acceptable reproducibility and long-term stability. These results indicate that the proposed potentiometric sensor can be a promising and reliable tool for the rapid determination of total phenolic content in wine samples.

Kinetics and Mechanism of Permanganate Oxidation of ADA in Aqueous Perchlorate Solutions

Background: ADA as N-(2-Acetemido) iminodiacetic acid has been widely used in preparation of organic buffers and protein-free media for fibroblasts as chelating agent chicken embryo fibroblasts as tridentate chelating agent ligand. However, a little attention has been focused to the behavior of its oxidation in aqueous acidic solutions. Accordingly, a lack of information on the aqueous chemistry of oxidation of ADA in acidic solutions was recognized. Therefore, we have prompted to undertake the present work with the aims at shedding more light on the behavior of oxidation and the nature of oxidation products. Again, it aims to compensate the lack of information about the aqueous chemistry of ADA and the nature of electron-transfer for redox reactions involving permanganate ion as a multi-equivalent oxidant. Method: A spectrophotometric investigation of oxidation of ADA by permanganate ion in aqueous perchlorate solutions has been investigated. Results: Absorbance-time curves indicated the presence of two distinct stages for the oxidation process. The experimental results indicated a decrease in the reaction rates with increasing the [H+], ionic strength and F- ions. Again, the reaction rates were found to increase with increasing the added Mn2+ and temperature. Conclusion: These results indicated that the oxidation process was of acid-inhibition nature and proceeding by free-radical intervention mechanism. Again, the reactive species in the fast second stage was the Mn4+ species formed in the initial stage. The activation parameters have been evaluated from the temperature dependence of the rate constants. A tentative reaction mechanism was suggested for such redox reaction.

Diffusion controlled porous WO3 thin film photoanodes for efficient solar-driven photoelectrochemical permanganic acid production

Photoelectrochemical (PEC) oxidation of the divalent manganese ion to the permanganate ion was achieved by using porous WO3 thin film photoanodes in sulfuric acid electrolytes under simulated sunlight.