The Charge Transfer Photochemistry of the Hexaaquoiron(III) Ion, the Chloropentaaquoiron(III) Ion, and the µ-Dihydroxo Dimer Explored with tert-Butyl Alcohol Scavenging

1975 ◽  
Vol 53 (16) ◽  
pp. 2430-2435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cooper H. Langford ◽  
John H. Carey

There have been several studies of the charge transfer photochemistry of aqueous Fe3+ but the complexity of hydrolytic equilibria and the requirement for scavengers to render the primary photochemical processes observable has left several issues moot as recent reports show. Using tert-butyl alcohol as a scavenger, it is shown that (at 35 °C), charge transfer irradiation at 254 nm of Fe(OH2)63+ gives free •OH with a quantum yield of 0.065, charge transfer irradiation of Fe(OH2)5Cl2+ at 350 nm gives free Cl• with a quantum yield of 0.093, and that as a result of the combined patterns of extinction coefficients and hydrolytic equilibria it is difficult to make Fe(OH2)5OH + the main absorbing species at either wavelength. The dihydroxo-bridged dimer gives only a small radical yield. The scavenger, tert-butyl alcohol, appears to react with •OH or Cl• to give •CH2—C(CH3)2OH which, on reaction with a second Fe(OH2)63+ gives HOCH2C(CH3)2OH.

2003 ◽  
Vol 81 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trevor M Bergfeldt ◽  
William L Waltz ◽  
Xiangrong Xu ◽  
Petr Sedlák ◽  
Uwe Dreyer ◽  
...  

The photochemical and photophysical behavior of the aqueous uranyl ion [UO2(H2O)5]2+ has been studied under the influence of visible light and with added perchloric acid over the range of 0.01–4 M. In the presence of 2-methylpropane (isobutane), photo-oxygenation of isobutane occurs to yield, as the major product, 2-methyl-2-propanol (tert-butyl alcohol) along with lesser amounts of 2-methyl-2-propene (isobutene) and other C1–C8 products. The quantum yield for formation of tert-butyl alcohol is independent of light intensity at the irradiation wavelength of 415 nm and of uranyl concentration, but it increases from 0.016 ± 0.001 at 0.01 M HClO4 (pH 2) to 0.13 ± 0.01 at 4 M HClO4. The emission spectrum from the electronically excited uranyl ion and the associated quantum yields have been measured in the presence and absence of isobutane, as a function of added perchloric acid. While in both cases the shape of the spectrum remains invariant, the quantum yields increase with increasing perchloric acid concentration. The strong dependence on added perchloric acid is interpreted within the context of the presence and interconversion of two electronically excited species, an acid form, *[UO2(H2O)5]2+, and a base form, *[UO2(H2O)n(OH)]+. It is proposed that both forms react with isobutane to give a tert-butyl radical, and that oxidation of coordinated aqua ligands occur, the latter generating a hydroxyl radical whose reaction with isobutane rapidly leads also to a tert-butyl radical. The reaction of this alkyl radical with ground-state [UO2(H2O)5]2+ then gives rise to the stable tert-butyl alcohol product and reduced forms of uranyl ion. Based upon the values of the quantum yields and of excited-state lifetime measurements reported in the literature, a comprehensive mechanism has been developed in a quantitative manner to provide calculated values of the rate constants for the individual mechanistic steps. The calculated rate constants provide a basis to calculate the values of quantum yields for emission and chemical reaction, as well as for lifetimes, that agree very satisfactorily with the experimental values over a 400-fold concentration change in added perchloric acid.Key words: photo-oxidation, photo-oxygenation, uranyl ion, isobutane, tert-butyl alcohol, lifetime, quantum yield, acid–base dissociation.


1993 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 1001-1006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oľga Vollárová ◽  
Ján Benko

The kinetics of oxidation of [Co(en)2SCH2COO]+ with S2O82- was studied in water-methanol and water-tert-butyl alcohol mixtures. Changes in the reaction activation parameters ∆H≠ and ∆S≠ with varying concentration of the co-solvent depend on the kind of the latter, which points to a significant role of salvation effects. The solvation effect on the reaction is discussed based on a comparison of the transfer functions ∆Ht0, ∆St0 and ∆Gt0 for the initial and transition states with the changes in the activation parameters accompanying changes in the CO-solvent concentration. The transfer enthalpies of the reactant were obtained from calorimetric measurements.


2021 ◽  
pp. 116913
Author(s):  
Márcio José da Silva ◽  
Diego Morais Chaves ◽  
Sukarno Olavo ferreira ◽  
Rene Chagas da Silva ◽  
Jose Balena Gabriel Filho ◽  
...  

2008 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 1982-1986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yingli Wang ◽  
Lei Xu ◽  
Zhengxi Yu ◽  
Xinzhi Zhang ◽  
Zhongmin Liu

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