Pulse radiolytic investigations of peroxy radicals produced from 2-propanol and methanol

Yael Ilan, Joseph Rabani*, Arnim Henglein

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Abstract

The reactions of peroxy radicals produced from 2-propanol and from methanol were investigated. At pH 3 the peroxy radicals were found to decay by both second- and first-order processes: O2CH2OH → HO2 + CH2O, k ≅ 5 × 102 s-1; O2COH(CH3)2 → HO2 + (CH3)2CO, k = (700 ± 150) s-1; 2O2CH2OH → products, 2k = (3 ± 1) × 108 M-1 s-1; 2O2COH(CH3)2 → products, 2k = (1.1 ± 0.2) × 107 M-1 s-1. The reactivity of O2C(OH)(CH3)2 toward OH- and HPO42- ions, resulting in the ionization of the peroxy radicals, and the subsequent formation of O2-, was studied. A rate constant k((CH3)2C(OH)(O2)+OH-→(CH3)2C(O-)(O2)+H2O) = (5.2 ± 1) × 109 M-1 s-1 was measured. The similar reaction with HPO42- was found to have a rate constant of (1.07 ± 0.15) × 107 M-1 s-1. All results are reported for an ionic strength of 0.1 M.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1558-1562
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Physical Chemistry
Volume80
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - 1976

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