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Title: Trace metal catalysis and the activation of molecular oxygen in aquatic environments

Conference · · Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Environ. Chem., Prepr.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5447194

Trace metal catalysis and the activation of molecular oxygen in aquatic environments have applications in industrial and domestic water pollution control. The oxidation of the sulfite ion by oxygen gas, which is catalyzed by cobalt(II) salts, is used in mass transfer studies on aeration devices to obtain an initial depletion of dissolved oxygen. Catalytic autoxidation of sulfur dioxide by water-soluble aerosol-borne metals may be an important nonphotolytic pathway for the rapid formation of sulfuric acid aerosols. Hydrogen sulfide autoxidation is sensitive to catalysis by manganese(II), copper(II), iron(II), nickel(II), and cobalt(II) salts. Cobalt(II)-, nickel(II)-, and copper(II)-4,4',4'',4'''-tetrasulfophthalocyanine (TSP) homogeneously autoxidizes hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide in aqueous solution. The catalytic activity of Co-TSP toward the autoxidation of substituted phenolics and benzaldehyde is comparable to the dioxygenase amd monooxygenase released by certain strains of Pseudomonas.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul
OSTI ID:
5447194
Report Number(s):
CONF-800303-
Journal Information:
Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Environ. Chem., Prepr.; (United States), Vol. 20:1; Conference: 179. national meeting of the American Chemical Society, Houston, TX, USA, 23 Mar 1980
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English