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The kinetics of the intra-molecular electron transfer of an adduct of l-ascorbic acid and the [Fe III3 O(CH3COO)6(H2O)3]+ cation in aqueous acetate buffer was studied spectrophotometrically, over the ranges 2.55 ≤ pH ≤ 3.74, 20.0 ≤ θ ≤ 35.0 °C, at an ionic strength of 0.50 and 1.0 mol dm−3 (NaClO4). The reaction of l-ascorbic acid and the complex cation involves the rapid formation of an adduct species followed by a slower reduction in the iron centres through consecutive one-electron transfer processes. The final product of the reaction is aqueous iron(II) in acetate buffer. The proposed mechanism involves the triaqua and diaqua-hydroxo species of the complex cation, both of which form adducts with l-ascorbic acid. At 25 °C, the equilibrium constant for the adduct formation was found to be 86 ± 15 and 5.8 ± 0.2 dm3 mol−1 for the triaqua and diaqua-hydroxo species, respectively. The kinetic parameters derived from the rate expression have been found to be: k 0 = (1.12 ± 0.02) × 10−2 s−1 for the combined spontaneous decomposition and k 1 = (4.47 ± 0.06) × 10−2 s−1 (ΔH ‡1 = 51.0 ± 2.3 kJ mol−1, ΔS ‡1 = −100 ± 8 J K−1 mol−1), k 2 = (4.79 ± 0.38) × 10−1 s−1 (ΔH ‡2 = 76.5 ± 0.8 kJ mol−1, ΔS ‡2 = 6 ± 3 J K−1 mol−1) for the triaqua and diaqua-hydoxo species, respectively.
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John Cousins & Laurence Herbert, TgK Scientific Limited, UK.
Carboxylate based buffers are best suited for this system, as other buffers such as citrate, PO4 3− or dimethylglutaric acid, reacted with the complex as evidenced in the UV/Vis spectra.
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Abbreviations
- Trimer:
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[Fe III3 O(CH3COO)6(H2O)3]+
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The authors would like to thank Professor Willem H. Mulder and Dr. Novelette Sadler-McKnight for their valuable comments to this work, and The University of the West Indies (Mona) Board of Graduate Studies & Research for funding.
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Lawrence, M.A.W., Thomas, S.E., Maragh, P.T. et al. Mechanistic studies on the intramolecular electron transfer in an adduct species of the oxo-centred trinuclear iron(III) cation and l-ascorbic acid in aqueous solution. Transition Met Chem 36, 553–563 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11243-011-9502-2
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