To understand the chemistry of Cu(II)-NH 3 -S(IV)-O 2 system, the kinetics of the oxidation of sulfur(IV) catalyzed by amminecopper(II) complexes has been studied in the ammonia-buffered solutions. Sulfur(IV) is oxidized to sulfate. The complexes, Cu(NH 3 ) 2+ , Cu(NH 3 ) 2+ 2 , and Cu(NH 3 ) 2+ 3 appear to be equally reactive and Cu(NH 3 ) 2+ 4 appears to be unreactive. The kinetics obey the rate law: 2+ 3 complexes, which appear to be equally reactive. The values of α 1 and γ 1 were found to be (1.32 ± 0.21) × 10 6 L 2 mol −2 s −1 (1.74 ± 0.40) × 10 9 L 3 mol −3 s −1 respectively at 30 • C. The reaction rate is not influenced by the presence of ethanol-a free radical scavenger, so a nonradical mechanism has been proposed. The results of this study are useful in understanding the atmospheric chemistry of aqueous phase autoxidation of dissolved sulfur dioxide in copper(II)-ammonia-sulfur(IV)-oxygen system at high pH. C
For getting an insight into the mechanism of atmospheric autoxidation of sulfur(IV), the kinetics of this autoxidation reaction catalyzed by CoO, Co 2 O 3 and Ni 2 O 3 in buffered alkaline medium has been studied, and found to be defined by Eqs. I and II for catalysis by cobalt oxides and Ni 2 O 3 , respectively.
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