PROTON-INDUCED DISPROPORTIONATION OF SUPEROXIDE ION IN APROTIC MEDIA
PROTON-INDUCED DISPROPORTIONATION OF SUPEROXIDE ION IN APROTIC MEDIA
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DOI:
10.1021/ja00369a025
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
SAWYER, DT
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作者:
CHIN, DH;CHIERICATO, G;SAWYER, DT
The proton-induced disproportionation of superoxide ion (Of) in dimethylformamide and in acetonitrile has been studied by stopped-flow spectrophotometry, cyclic voltammetry, and controlled-potential voltammetry at a rotating-disk electrode. For strongly acidic substrates (HC104, HC1, and NH4C104) the disproprotionation reaction is second order with respect to Of, but too rapid to measure accurately, k> 107 M'1 s'1. With less protic substrates (ascorbic acid, phenols, catechols, alcohols, and water) the rate of disproportionation is first order with respect to Of and with respect to substrate; proton transfer is the rate-limiting step. In dimethylformamide the second-order rate constants range from k= 2 X 104 M" 1 s" 1 for ascorbic acid to k= 1 X 10'3 for water. On the basis of the kinetic data, a self-consistent mechanism for superoxide disproportionation by acidic substrates in nonaqueous solvents is proposed.The dynamics for the hydrolysis and disproportionation of superoxide (Of) in aqueous media havebeen characterized in detail by pulse radiolysis. 1'5 For all conditions, the rate-limiting step is second order in Of concentration. The maximum rate occurs at a pH that is equivalent to the pXa for H02·; it decreases monotonically with further decreases in the hydrogen ion con-centration.