title: Reactions of sulphate radicals with substituted pyridines: a structure-reactivity correlation analysis.
abstract: The kinetics of the oxidation of pyridine, 3-chloropyridine, 3-cyanopyridine, 3-methoxypyridine and 3-methylpyridine mediated by SO4 (<M->) radicals are studied by flash photolysis of peroxodisulphate, S2O8(2-), at pH 2.5 and 9. The absolute rate constants for the reactions of both, the basic and acid forms of the pyridines, are determined and discussed in terms of the Hammett correlation. The monosubstituted pyridines react about 10 times faster with sulphate radicals than their protonated forms, the pyridine ions. The organic intermediates are identified as the corresponding hydroxypyridine radical adducts and their absorption spectra compared with those estimated employing the time-dependent density functional theory with explicit account for bulk solvent effects. A reaction mechanism which accounts for the observed intermediates and the pyridinols formed as products is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Casilla de Correo 16, Sucursal 4, (1900) La Plata, Argentina.
authors.forename: María L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Dell'arciprete
authors.forename: Carlos J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Cobos
authors.forename: Jorge P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Furlong
authors.forename: Daniel O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Mártire
authors.forename: Mónica C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
mesh_terms: D000143:Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D005609:Free Radicals / Q000737:chemistry; D006900:Hydroxylation; D007477:Ions / Q000737:chemistry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011725:Pyridines / Q000737:chemistry*; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D013431:Sulfates / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000143:Acids; D005609:Free Radicals; D007477:Ions; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D011725:Pyridines; D013431:Sulfates; C069025:sulfate radical; C023666:pyridine