title: Vanadium(V) as an oxidant for thiol compounds.
abstract: Vanadium(V) is shown to oxidize a number of thiol compounds to the corresponding disulphides. A photometric procedure for the estimation of vanadium(V) in the presence of vanadium (IV) and diverse ions is described. A reinvestigation of the reaction of se(IV) in 4-8M hydrochloric acid with thiosalicylic acid confirms that the Se(IV) acts purely as an oxidant to yield only the corresponding disulphide (RSSR) and not an equimolar mixture of RSSeSR and RSSR.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Ceylon, Colombo Campus Ceylon, Sri lanka.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Ramakrishna
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Williams