Kinetics and mechanism of oxidation of iodide ion by the molybdenum (VI) – hydrogen peroxide system
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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.