title: Reaction of a superoxochromium(III) ion with nitrogen monoxide: kinetics and mechanism.
abstract: The kinetics of the rapid reaction between Cr(aq)OO(2+) and NO were determined by laser flash photolysis of Cr(aq)NO(2+) in O(2)-saturated acidic aqueous solutions, k = 7 x 10(8) M(-1) s(-1) at 25 degrees C. The reaction produces an intermediate, believed to be NO(2), which was scavenged with ([14]aneN(4))Ni(2+). With limiting NO, the Cr(aq)OO(2+)/NO reaction has a 1:1 stoichiometry and produces both free NO(3)(-) and a chromium nitrato complex, Cr(aq)ONO(2)(2+). In the presence of excess NO, the stoichiometry changes to [NO]/[Cr(aq)OO(2+)] = 3:1, and the reaction produces close to 3 mol of nitrite/mol of Cr(aq)OO(2+). An intermediate, identified as a nitritochromium(III) ion, Cr(aq)ONO(2+), is a precursor to a portion of free NO(2)(-). In the proposed mechanism, the initially produced peroxynitrito complex, Cr(aq)OONO(2+), undergoes O-O bond homolysis followed by some known and some novel chemistry of Cr(aq)O(2+) and NO(2). The reaction between Cr(aq)O(2+) and NO generates Cr(aq)ONO(2+), k > 10(4) M(-1) s(-1). Cr(aq)OO(2+) reacts with NO(2) with k = 2.3 x 10(8) M(-1) s(-1).
authors.affiliation: Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA.
authors.forename: Attila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nemes
authors.forename: Oleg
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pestovsky
authors.forename: Andreja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bakac
mesh_terms: D017608:Chromium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D013481:Superoxides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D017608:Chromium Compounds; D013481:Superoxides; D009569:Nitric Oxide