Ionic strength oxidation-reduction reactions

Most analytical oxidation/reduction reactions are carried out in solutions that have such high ionic strengths that activity coefficients cannot be obtained via the Debye-Hiickel equation (see Equation 10-1, Section lOB-2). Significant errors may result, however, if concentrations are used in the Nernst equation rather than activities. For example, the standard potential for the half-reaction 

Fig. 14. Reaction halftime of P870 reduction coupled to ferrocyto-chrome c oxidation as a function of pH and ionic strength. Ionic strengths 0.01 M (empty symbols), 0.1 M (solid symbols). Figure source Ke, Chaney and Reed (1970) The electrostatic interaction between the reaction-center bacteriochlorophyll derived from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides and mammalian cytochrome c and its effect on light-activated electron transport. Biochim Biophys Acta 216 379.

When oxidation and reduction are involved in an enzyme-catalyzed reaction, the standard apparent reduction potential for a half reaction can be calculated by typing the half reaction in calcappredpot and specifying the pHs and ionic strengths. 

The kinetics of the reduction of perruthenate(VII) by [FefCbOe]" and [W(CN)g]" and the oxidation of ruthenate(VI) by [Mo(CN)g] and [Ru(Cb06] have been studied in aqueous alkaline solutions. The cross-reaction data have been treated according to the Marcus relations and yield a self-exchange rate constant of 10 s at 25.0 °C and 1.0 M ionic strength for the 

As ice crystals grow in the freezing system, the solutes are concentrated. In addition to increased ionic strength effects, the rates of some chemical reactions—particularly second order reactions—may be accelerated by freezing through this freeze-concentration effect. Examples include reduction of potassium ferricyanide by potassium cyanide (2), oxidation of ascorbic acid (3), and polypeptide synthesis (4). Kinetics of reactions in frozen systems has been reviewed by Pincock and Kiovsky (5). 

Strongly acidic vanadium(V) oxidises bromide in a sulphate ion medium . The reaction is first-order in both oxidant and sulphuric acid. The dependence of the rate on bromide ion concentration is complex and a maximum is exhibited at certain acidities. A more satisfactory examination is that of Julian and Waters who employed a perchlorate ion medium and controlled the ionic strength. They used several organic substrates which acted as captors for bromine radical species. The rate of reduction of V(V) is independent of the substrate employed and almost independent of substrate concentration. At a given acidity the kinetics are 

Polyimides have excellent dielectric strength and a low dielectric constant, but in certain electrolyte solutions they can electrochemically transport electronic and ionic charge. Haushalter and Krause (5) first reported that Kapton polyimide films derived from 1,2,4,5-pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA) and 4,4 -oxydianiline (ODA) undergo reversible reduction/oxidation (redox) reactions in electrolyte solutions. Mazur et al., (6) presented a detailed study of the electrochemical properties of chemically imidized aromatic PMDA- derived polyimides and model compounds in nonaqueous solutions. Thin films of thermally 

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