title: Evidence of competitive mechanisms during oxidation of CS(2)N(-)(3) by permanganate ion in alkaline solution.
abstract: The oxidation of the 1,2,3,4-thiatriazole-5-thiolate ion, CS(2)N(-)(3), by permanganate ions in alkaline medium has been investigated over a wide range of oxidant concentrations. With a moderate excess of permanganate ion a 17-electron reaction takes place, yielding sulphate, nitrogen and carbon dioxide. With a high permanganate concentration the pseudohalide undergoes a 26-electron reaction yielding sulphate, carbon dioxide and nitrite as final products. These two different stoichiometries arise from the existence of competitive mechanisms and the ratio C(MnO(-)(4))/C(CS(2)N(-)(3)) will determine the course of the reaction.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 20780, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: de A Neves
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Polito
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Moraes
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Franco