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Hypohalite ion catalysis of the disproportionation of chlorine dioxide
1Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1393, USA.
Abstract:
The disproportionation of chlorine dioxide in basic solution to give ClO2- and ClO3- is catalyzed by OBr- and OCl-. The reactions have a first-order dependence in both [ClO2] and [OX-] (X = Br, Cl) when the ClO2- concentrations are low. However, the reactions become second-order in [ClO2] with the addition of excess ClO2-, and the observed rates become inversely proportional to [ClO2-]. In the proposed mechanisms, electron transfer from OX- to ClO2(k1OBr- = 2.05 +/- 0.03 M(-1) x s(-1) for OBr(-)/ClO2 and k1OCl-= 0.91 +/- 0.04 M(-1) x s(-1) for OCl-/ClO2) occurs in the first step to give OX and ClO2-. This reversible step (k1OBr-/k(-1)OBr = 1.3 x 10(-7) for OBr-/ClO2, / = 5.1 x 10(-10) for OCl-/ClO2) accounts for the observed suppression by ClO2-. The second step is the reaction between two free radicals (XO and ClO2) to form XOClO2. These rate constants are = 1.0 x 10(8) M(-1) x s(-1) for OBr/ClO2 and = 7 x 10(9) M(-1) x s(-1) for OCl/ClO2. The XOClO2 adduct hydrolyzes rapidly in the basic solution to give ClO3- and to regenerate OX-. The activation parameters for the first step are DeltaH1(++) = 55 +/- 1 kJ x mol(-1), DeltaS1(++) = - 49 +/- 2 J x mol(-1) x K(-1) for the OBr-/ClO2 reaction and DeltaH1(++) = 61 +/- 3 kJ x mol(-1), DeltaS1(++) = - 43 +/- 2 J x mol(-1) x K(-1) for the OCl-/ClO2 reaction.
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