Kinetics of oxidation of the bis(ethylenediamine)mercaptoacetatocobalt(III) and cysteinato-bis(ethylenediamine)cobalt(III) ions by hydrogen peroxide in mixed aqueous-nonaqueous solutions
The kinetics of oxidation of the coordinatively bonded sulphur in the cysteinato-bis(ethylenediamine)cobalt(III) and bis(ethylenediamine)mercaptoacetatocobalt(III) complexes by hydrogen peroxide to the sulphoxides was examined in HClO4 solutions (c(HClO4) = 1 – 500 mmol l-1) with a view to obtaining data characterizing the effect of the acid-base equilibria of the reactants on the reaction rate. The reaction rate was found affected particularly by the acid-base equilibrium of the oxidant, which plays a role in strongly acid solutions. The oxidation was also studied in water-methyl alcohol, water-tert-butyl alcohol and water-ethylene glycol mixtures, and the effect of the mole fraction of the nonaqueous component on the rate constant and thermodynamic activation parameters was examined.