MECHANISM OF SUPEROXIDE ION DISPROPORTIONATION IN APROTIC-SOLVENTS
MECHANISM OF SUPEROXIDE ION DISPROPORTIONATION IN APROTIC-SOLVENTS
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DOI:
10.1021/ja00246a040
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发表时间:
1987-06-10
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
SAVEANT, JM
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作者:
ANDRIEUX, CP;HAPIOT, P;SAVEANT, JM
The electrochemical reduction of dioxygen in dimethyl sulfoxide is investigated as a function of the addition of acids by means of double potential step chronoamperometry. Analysis of the kinetics as a function of dioxygen and acid concentrations and of the measurement time in a series of acids involving fivephenols and nitromethane allowed the determinationof the reaction mechanism and of the characteristic rate constants. The H02" radical resulting from the neutralizationof the initial superoxide anion radical, 02*~, undergoes an electron-transfer reduction by 02 ‘“itself rather than abstracting a hydrogen atom from thesolvent or exchanging an H atom with another H02" radical, a commonly accepted mechanism. The mechanism appears to be the same in dimethylformamide, pointing to the conclusion that disproportionationof superoxide ions follows the same reaction pathway in aprotic organic solvents and in water.In view of its significance in natural and industrial processes, the reduction of dioxygen has been the object of a very large number of studies. Most of the electrochemical investigations in this connection have been carried out in water. 1 Thereduction of dioxygenthen leads to hydrogen peroxide or water, which