Kinetics and Mechanism of Electron Transfer to Heptavalent Manganese by DL-Aspartic Acid in Alkaline Aqueous and Micellar Media

Abstract EN

The kinetics and mechanism of the electron transfer of dl-Aspartic acid (Asp) by Mn (VII) in alkaline medium has been studied spectrophotometrically over the range 2.0≤103[Asp] ≤5.0 mol dm−3; 0.01≤[OH-]≤0.05 mol dm−3; 298≤T≤318 K and I=0.05 mol dm−3 (KNO3).

The reaction exhibits first-order dependence in [MnO4-]T but shows fractional-order dependence in both [Asp]T and [OH−]T.

The reaction was studied in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS); an increase in the rate with the increase in the micellar concentration was observed.

The products were characterized by spectral analysis.

A mechanism involving free radicals is proposed.

Asp binds MnO4- to form a complex that subsequently decomposes to products.

Activation parameters ΔH° (kJ mol−1) and ΔS° (JK−1 mol−1) for the reaction are 5.62 ± 0.35 and −227.65 ± 1.1, respectively.

The negative value of ΔS° indicates that oxidation occurs via inner sphere mechanism.