Oxidation of Hydroxymalonic Acid by OH Radicals in the Presence and in the Absence of Molecular Oxygen. A Pulse-Radiolysis and Product Study
作者:Man Nien Schuchmann、Heinz-Peter Schuchmann、Clemens von Sonntag
DOI:10.1021/j100022a026
日期:1995.6
The rate constants of the reaction of (OH)-O-./O-.- with hydroxymalonic acid (1) have been determined at various pH, the OH radical being generated pulse-radiolytically. This reaction involves the abstraction of an H atom at C(2), i.e., the formation of the alpha-hydroxyalkyl radical (2), and is fastest in the pH range from 6 to 10 (k = 4.4 x 10(8) dm(3) mol(-1) s(-1)) where hydroxymalonic acid exists as the dianion. The pK(a) values of the carboxyl functions of radical 2 have been found to be 1.9 and 4.8, similar to, or slightly higher than, those of the parent compound (1.89 and 4.28 at 25 degrees C). However, the pK(a) of the alcohol function of radical 2 (found to be 12.9) is several units lower than that of the parent compound. In the presence of oxygen, radical 2 is rapidly converted into the corresponding peroxyl radical 3 (k = 1.6 x 10(9) dm(3) mol(-1) s(-1)). The alpha-hydroxyperoxy radical (3) eliminates HO2. with a rate constant of 1.1 x 10(4) s(-1) to give ketomalonic acid. In the alkoxide form, peroxyl radical 3 eliminates O-2(.-) faster (8.9 x 10(4) s(-1)). The pK(a) of the alcohol function in 3 has been estimated at 9.8, much lower than that of radical 2. In the gamma-radiolysis of hydroxymalonic acid in N2O/O-2-saturated solutions, product ratios change with pH. At pH 3, the main products (4:1 v/v) are ketomalonic acid (G = 5.1 x 10(-7) mol J(-1)) and hydrogen peroxide. At pH 10 oxalic monoperacid and carbon dioxide become major products. These products are formed in a (slow) chain reaction involving ketomalonic acid and the superoxide radical. Ketomalonic acid also reacts with the product hydrogen peroxide (k = 5 x 10(-3) dm(3) mol(-1) s(-1)), yielding peroxides which, depending on pH, can be present in different states of protonation.