Research Article

Kinetics and Mechanism of Oxidation of Triethylene Glycol and Tetraethylene Glycol by Ditelluratoargentate (III) in Alkaline Medium

Table 1

Rate dependence on ionic strength μ.

102μ/mol L−11.503.004.506.007.50

103 𝑘 o b s / s 1 Triethylene glycol1.731.581.521.511.40
Tetraethylene glycol1.801.651.621.571.44

[Ag(III)] = 5 . 2 1 × 1 0 4  mol·L−1, [ r e d u c t a n t ] = 3 . 0 0 × 1 0 2  mol·L−1, [OH] = 1 . 0 0 × 1 0 2  mol·L−1, [ H 4 T e O 6 2 ] = 1 . 0 0 × 1 0 3  mol·L−1, 𝑇 = 2 9 8 . 2  K.