Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1980, 45, 2883-2889
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19802883
Catalytic effect of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide on the radical destruction oxidation of pyrocatechol violet
Jan Lasovský, František Březina and Ladislav Nekl
Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Palacký University, 771 46 Olomouc
Abstract
The effect of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (I) on the radical oxidation of pyrocatechol violet by hydrogen peroxide was studied in the presence of N,N'-ethylenediamine-bis(o-aminobenzaldimine)cobalt(II) bromide and cobalt dichloride. After a short, faster period the reaction obeys the 1st order formalism. In the presence of I the experimental rate constants are as much as 42 times higher than in "pure" solutions. In optimum conditions (dye concentration 1.75 . 10-4 mol l-1) the reaction can be described in terms of the usual formalism of micellar catalysis. In solutions containing I the effect of cobalt compounds can be traced down to cobalt concentration levels of 10-8 mol l-1. The dependences of the experimental rate constants on the concentrations of hydrogen peroxide and cobalt compounds and on the temperature and pH are discussed.
