title: Study of the cerium(IV)-picrate system in acetonitrile.
abstract: A potentiometric and spectrophotometric study has been made of the reaction between hexanitratocerate and picrate in dry acetonitrile. Several cerium(IV)-picrate complexes are formed; the formation constant for the first is estimated to be 4 from spectrophotometric measurements. The catalytic effect of picrate on hydroquinone oxidation by nitratocerate is postulated to be due to more rapid electron transfer by cerium picrate complexes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kratochvil
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tipler
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: McKay