FURTHER STUDIES ON THE KINETICS AND MECHANISM OF THE COPPER-IMIDAZOLE CATALYSED DECOMPOSITION OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
- 1 December 1988
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Coordination Chemistry
- Vol. 18 (4) , 351-359
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00958978808080975
Abstract
The catalytic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide in the presence of the tetrakis(imidazole)copper(II) complex was investigated. The kinetics, based on the rates of oxygen evolution, indicated that a ternary copper(I1)-imidazole-peroxo complex is involved in the rate-determining step. The equilibrium constant for the coordination of hydrogen peroxide to the cupric ion, and the acid dissociation constant for the coordinated H202 ligand were calculated as 1.7 M1 and 2.1 × 109 M, respectively. The ternary complex undergoes intramolecular electron transfer, with k = 4 s1, generating Cu(1) species which can react with hydrogen peroxide or dioxygen, returning to the catalytic cycle. A complete mechanism is proposed, based on the kinetics of oxygen and on the electrocatalytic behdviour observed for the copperimidazole complexes under a dioxygen atmosphere.Keywords
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