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Old Dominion University

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2020

Cobalt

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Synthesis, Characterization, And Kinetics Studies Of New Cobalt Complexes For The Production Of H2 In Acidic Media, Michael John Celestine Dec 2020

Synthesis, Characterization, And Kinetics Studies Of New Cobalt Complexes For The Production Of H2 In Acidic Media, Michael John Celestine

Chemistry & Biochemistry Theses & Dissertations

The kinetics and mechanism of the oxidation of [Co(dmgBF2)2(OH2)2] (where dmgBF2 = difluoroboryldimethylglyoximato) by sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl), sodium bromate (NaBrO3), and bromine (Br2) was investigated by stopped-flow spectrophotometry at 450 nm over a wide temperature range. The pKa1 value for [Co(dmgBF2)2(OH2)2] was calculated as 5.27 ± 0.14 at I = 0.60 (NaCl). From the variation in pH studies, the activation parameters were derived from the proposed mechanisms for NaOCl, ΔH1*, ΔH2*, ΔS1*, and …