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The detailed mechanism of the Dushman reaction explored by computer
Author(s) -
Liebhafsky Herman A.,
Roe Glenn M.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
international journal of chemical kinetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.341
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1097-4601
pISSN - 0538-8066
DOI - 10.1002/kin.550110703
Subject(s) - confusion , chemistry , mechanism (biology) , reaction mechanism , reaction rate , chemical physics , psychology , physics , organic chemistry , catalysis , quantum mechanics , psychoanalysis
Since 1926 investigations of the Dushman reaction have relied mainly upon “constant‐rate” measurements, usually by instrumental methods. Since about that time, the confusion surrounding this venerable reaction has been growing. In part, the confusion arises because the reaction involves reactive intermediate species that have not been studied directly—and may never be. Alternative detailed mechanisms have been assumed with little restraint. One of these, which is built around H 2 I 2 O 3 , has been explored by computer with promising results. The mechanism seems capable of reducing the confusion now attending the Dushman reaction and others related to it.