7758-19-2Relevant articles and documents
Mehta, S. M.,Mehta, D. J.
, p. 392 - 397 (1956)
Experimental and modeling study of oscillations in the chlorine dioxide-iodine-malonic acid reaction
Lengyel, István,Rábai, Gyula,Epstein, Irving R.
, p. 9104 - 9110 (2007/10/02)
At pH 0.5-5.0, a closed system containing an aqueous mixture of chlorine dioxide, iodine, and a species such as malonic acid (MA) or ethyl acetoacetate, which reacts with iodine to produce iodide, shows periodic changes in the light absorbance of I3-. This behavior can be modeled by a simple scheme consisting of three component reactions: (1) the reaction between MA and iodine, which serves as a continuous source of I-; (2) the reaction between ClO2? and I-, which acts as a source of ClO2-; and (3) the self-inhibited reaction of chlorite and iodide that kinetically regulates the system. The fast component reaction between chlorine dioxide and iodide ion was studied by stopped-flow spectrophotometry. The rate law is -[ClO2?]/df = 6 × 103 (M-2 s-1)[ClO2?][I-]. A two-variable model obtained from the empirical rate laws of the three component reactions gives a good description of the dynamics of the system. The oscillatory behavior results not from autocatalysis but from the self-inhibitory character of the chlorite-iodide reaction.