Kinetics and mechanism of oxidation of tellurium(IV) by pyridinium chlorochromate in aqueous hydrochloric acid

Abstract

<span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt">The oxidation of tellurium(IV) by pyridinium chlorochromate has

<span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt">been studied in aqueous hydrochloric acid at 30°C. The reaction

<span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt">follows rate law( i),where <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt">K</span></i>_{<span style="font-size:15.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:9.0pt">1</span>}<span style="font-size:15.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:9.0pt">, <span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt">and <i><span style="font-size:15.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:9.0pt">K₂</span></i><i><span style="font-size:15.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:9.0pt"> </span></i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt">are the equilibrium constants of

<span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:8.0pt">the protonation equilibria (ii) and the …<span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">

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