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Substrate versus oxidant activation in RuIII(edta) catalyzed dye degradation

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Title Substrate versus oxidant activation in RuIII(edta) catalyzed dye degradation
 
Creator Chatterjee, Debabrata
Rothbart, Sabine
Eldik, Rudi van
 
Subject Chemistry
 
Description The [RuIII(edta)(H2O)]− (edta4− = ethylenediaminetetraacetate) catalyzed oxidative degradation of methylene blue (MB) in the presence of H2O2 has been achieved. Complete degradation of 0.05 mM MB was noticed within 300 s in the presence of 5.0 μM of Ru(edta) catalyst under ambient conditions. Catalytic degradation of the dye was investigated by using rapid-scan spectrophotometry as a function of [Ru(edta)], [H2O2], [MB] and pH at 25 °C. Spectral analyses and kinetic data point towards a catalytic pathway that involves the rapid coordination of MB to the RuIII(edta) complex to yield [RuIII(edta)(MB)]− species that react directly with hydrogen peroxide. The catalytic-active intermediate [RuIII(edta)(OOH)]2− was also found to be operative at high H2O2 concentration over the Ru(edta) catalyst in effecting MB degradation under the specified conditions.
 
Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry
 
Date 2013
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Identifier Chatterjee, Debabrata and Rothbart, Sabine and Eldik, Rudi van (2013) Substrate versus oxidant activation in RuIII(edta) catalyzed dye degradation. RSC Advances, 3 (11). pp. 3606-3610.
 
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