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Weitere Untersuchungen über den Mechanismus der reduktiven Spaltung von Azoverbindungen
Author(s) -
Schellenberġ M.,
Mollet H.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
helvetica chimica acta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.74
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1522-2675
pISSN - 0018-019X
DOI - 10.1002/hlca.19710540807
Subject(s) - chemistry , disproportionation , protonation , oxidizing agent , molecule , derivative (finance) , amine gas treating , kinetics , bleach , cleavage (geology) , reaction mechanism , photochemistry , medicinal chemistry , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , ion , physics , geotechnical engineering , quantum mechanics , fracture (geology) , financial economics , engineering , economics
The experimental results of our earlier investigation of the azodye bleach mechanism are interpreted in a revised manner. The reductive cleavage of methylorange by a dihydroquinoxaline proceeds in two steps. In the medium pH‐range the first step (production of the hydrazo derivative) is slower (and not faster, as considered before) than the second (reductive splitting of the hydrazo derivative). In strongly acid solution this relation is reversed. The rate of disproportionation of the hydrazo derivative of methylorange is proportional to the concentration of the protonated hydrazo compound. For this reaction a two step mechanism is proposed in which a molecule of hydrazo compound is cleaved in a rate determining first step to an oxidizing particle and an amine molecule. In the following fast reaction the oxidizing intermediate attacks a second hydrazo molecule yielding methylorange and a further amine molecule. Based on this reaction sequence an azodye bleach mechanism is formulated which is able to explain the kinetics of the reductive cleavage of methylorange by a 1, 4‐dihydroquinoxaline at any pH value. The azodye bleach mechanism is much more complex if the 1,4‐dihydroquinoxaline used is able to form a radical or to tautomerize. The resulting reaction kinetics are discussed.