Oxygen-transfer reactions of methylrhenium oxides
- Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
- Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
Methylrhenium dioxide, CH{sub 3}ReO{sub 2} (or MDO), is produced from methylrhenium trioxide, CH{sub 3}ReO{sub 3} (or MTO), and hypophosphorous acid in acidic aqueous medium. Its mechanism is discussed in light of MTO`s coordination ability and the inverse kinetic isotope effect (kie): H{sub 2}P(O)OH, k = 0.028 L mol{sup -1} s{sup -1}; D{sub 2}P(O)OH, k = 0.039 L mol{sup -1} s{sup -1}. The Re(V) complex, MDO, reduces perchlorate and other inorganic oxoanions (XO{sub n}{sup -}, where X = Cl, Br, or I and N = 4 or 3). The rate is controlled by the first oxygen abstraction from perchlorate to give chlorate, with a second-order rate constant at pH 0 and 25 {degrees}C of 7.3 L mol{sup -1} s{sup -1}. Organic oxygen-donors such as sulfoxides and pyridine N-oxides oxidize MDO to MTO as do metal oxo complexes: VO{sup 2+}{sub (aq)}, VO{sub 2}{sup +}{sub (aq)}, HOMoO{sub 2}{sup +}{sub (aq)}, and MnO{sub 4}{sup -}. The reaction between V{sup 2+}{sub (aq)} with MTO and the reduction of VO{sup 2+} with MDO made it possible to determine the free energy for MDO/MTO. Oxygen-atom transfer from oxygen-donors to MDO involves nucleophilic attack of X-O on the electrophilic Re(V) center of MDO; the reaction proceeds via an [MDO{center_dot}XO] adduct, which is supported by the saturation kinetics observed for some. The parameters that control and facilitate the kinetics of such oxygen-transfer processes are suggested and include the force constant for the asymmetric stretching of the element-oxygen bond.
- OSTI ID:
- 513369
- Journal Information:
- Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 35, Issue 26; Other Information: PBD: 18 Dec 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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