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The isotopic composition of the consecutive fractions of carbon monoxide produced in the decarbonylation of liquid formic acid of natural isotopic composition initiated by addition of phosphorus pentoxide has been measured in the temperature interval 19–100°C and the observed gradual decrease of theδ PDB values and the increase of thek 12/k 13 ratio of the isotopic specific rate constants (KIE values) for each next fraction of CO have been interpreted in terms of conclusions presented in the first paper from this series1 concerning the decarbonylation of HCOOH (F.A.) in concentrated and diluted with water phosphoric acid media. The initial fast dehydration of F.A. by phosphoric anhydride, P2O5, proceeds at room temperture with about 1% carbon-13 KIE. The (k 12/k 13) values increase with time, as the decarbonylation slows down due to the hydration of phosphorus pentoxide with water generated in dehydration of HCOOH and reach the “plateau” values characteristic for each reaction temperature. These increasing very slowly with reaction times at intermediate temperatures maximum values of (k 12/k 13) ratios are quite close to values of13C KIE observed in the decarbonylation of pure F.A. (k 12/k 13=1.0443 at 81°C). Addition of water to liquid F.A. at 90°C and at 100°C caused the further increase of the13C KIE. The detailed discussion of the13C KIE in the “HCOOH−P2O5” system has been given.
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Zieliński, M., Zielińska, A. Carbon-13 kinetic isotope effects in the decarbonylation of liquid formic acid of natural isotopic composition initiated by phosphorus pentoxide. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 198, 3–15 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02038240
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