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P. Mandal Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics Nuclear Chemistry Division 1/AF, Bidhannagar 700 064 Calcutta (India)

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S. Bhattacharyya Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics Nuclear Chemistry Division 1/AF, Bidhannagar 700 064 Calcutta (India)

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Abstract  

Reactions of carbonate radical (CO3), generated by photolysis or by radiolysis of a carbonate solution with nickel(II)-iminodiacetate (Ni(II)IDA) were studied at pH 10.5 and ionic strength (I)==0.2 mol·dm–3. The stable product arising from the ligand degradation in the complex is mainly glyxalic acid. Time-resolved spectroscopy and transient kinetics were studied using flash photolysis. From the kinetic data it was suggested that the carbonate radical initially reacts with Ni(III)IDA with a rate constant (2.4±0.4)·106 dm3·mol–1·s–1 to form a Ni(II)IDA species which, however, undergoes a first-order transformation (k=2.7·102·s–1) to give a radical intermediate of the type Ni(II)RNHCHCO 2 ) which rapidly forms an adduct containing a Ni–C bond. This adduct decays very slowly to give rise to glyoxalic acid. From a consideration of equilibrium between Ni(II)IDA and Ni(III)IDA, the one electron reduction potential for the Ni(III)IDA/Ni(II)IDA couple was determined to be 1.467 V.

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Journal of Radionalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Language English
Size A4
Year of
Foundation
1968
Volumes
per Year
1
Issues
per Year
12
Founder Akadémiai Kiadó
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Address
H-1117 Budapest, Hungary 1516 Budapest, PO Box 245.
Publisher Akadémiai Kiadó
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
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ISSN 0236-5731 (Print)
ISSN 1588-2780 (Online)