Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 212461, 8 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/212461
Research Article

Reaction of Chromium(III) with 3,4-Dihydroxybenzoic Acid: Kinetics and Mechanism in Weak Acidic Aqueous Solutions

Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Athens, Panepistimioupolis, 15771 Athens, Greece

Received 27 June 2008; Revised 4 October 2008; Accepted 27 November 2008

Academic Editor: Govindasamy Mugesh

Copyright © 2008 Kimon Zavitsanos et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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