Metal Ions and Hydrogen Peroxide. XXV

Abstract
The decomposition of H2O2, catalyzed by the Co2® complex of 4,4′,4″,4″′-tetrasulfophthalocyanine (CoIIPTS), was investigated in the pH range 3.8 through 10 by measuring the initial rate, v0=d(O2)/dt, of the increasing formation of O2 (25°; I=0.1). In this pH range v0 is proportional to the initial concentration of H2O2 (determined at pH 5.0 and 9.2). Due to the dimerization (log KD=5.47 ±0.09 at natural ionic strength and about 7.63 ±0.16 in 0.1 M NaClO4; 25°) and polymerization of CoIIPTS the catalyst and its reaction order are difficult to establish: Based on the experimental evidence it is suggested that v0 is proportional to the concentration of monomer CoIIPTS. Additionally, there is evidence that the experimentally determined v0 contains the contributions of a pH-independent and a pH-dependent reaction course. These results are analog to those obtained earlier with FeIIIPTS as catalyst. A mechanism for the catalyzed disproportionation of H2O2 by CoIIPTS is proposed. The catalase-like activity of CoIIIPTS (OH) is smaller than that of CoIIPTS and the pH-dependence is different.

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