Kinetic approach to the mechanism of the redox reaction of malachite green and permanganate ion in aqueous acidic medium

摘要

The redox kinetic and mechanistic studies of the reactions of malachite green (MG~(+)) and MnO_(4)~(–) were carried out in aqueous acidic medium, at a temperature of 32.5 ± 0.5°C; ionic strength, m = 0.50 mol dm~(–3) (Na_(2)SO _(4)), [H~(+)] = 5.00 x 10~(–3) mol dm~(–3) (H_(2)SO_(4)). In the stoichiometry, one mole of malachite green was consumed by one mole of MnO_(4)~(–). The reaction is first order in both [MG ~(+)] and the [MnO_(4)~(–)]. The rates of redox reaction showed dependence on acid concentrations (in the acid range used). Rate equation for the reaction has been proposed as: –d[MG~(+)]/ dt = (a + b[H~(+)])[MG~(+)][MnO_(4)~(–)]. At [H~(+)] = 5.00 x 10~(–3) mol dm~(–) ~(3), the second order rate constant for the malachite green – MnO_(4)~(–) reaction was found to be (11.96 ± 0.13) x 10~(–3) dm~(3) mol~(–1) s~(–1). The rates of reaction displayed negative salt effect. Log k_(1) versus 1/D gave positive slope for the reaction. Added anions and cations catalysed the malachite green – MnO_(4)~(–) reaction. Results of the Michaelis- Menten analysis gave no evidence of intermediate complex formation. Based on the results obtained experimentally, the outer sphere mechanism is proposed for the malachite green – MnO_(4)~(–) reaction.