title: Reactions of iodomalonic acid, diiodomalonic acid, and other organics in the Briggs-Rauscher oscillating system.
abstract: It was found that oxalic acid is one of the main products in the Briggs-Rauscher oscillating reaction. In nonoscillating solutions, oxidation of iodomalonic acid and/or diiodomalonic acid by Fenton-type reactions also produced oxalic acid as well as I(2). Mesoxalic acid yielded oxalic acid under similar conditions. Tartronic acid was nearly inert to Fenton-type reactions; however, tartronic acid was oxidized by iodate and iodine to mesoxalic acid, which in turn could form oxalic acid in the presence of H(2)O(2) plus catalyst. Iodotartronic acid appeared to be a short-lived but significant intermediate, thus both tartronic acid and mesoxalic acid are possible intermediates. Glycolic acid and glyoxylic acid are not intermediates in the oxidation of iodomalonic acid, since they in turn produce formic acid under similar nonoscillating conditions.
authors.affiliation: Penn State Berks College, The Pennsylvania State University, Reading, Pennsylvania 19610, USA. f13@psu.edu
authors.forename: Stanley D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Furrow
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Aurentz
mesh_terms: D006847:Hydrocarbons, Iodinated / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008314:Malonates / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019815:Oxalic Acid / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction
chemical_list: D006847:Hydrocarbons, Iodinated; D008314:Malonates; D019815:Oxalic Acid; C030290:malonic acid