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. 1975 Jan;72(1):140-2.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.72.1.140.

Kinetics of the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by ferric ethylenediaminetetraacetate complex

C Walling  1 , R E Partch, T Weil
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Kinetics of the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by ferric ethylenediaminetetraacetate complex

C Walling et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1975 Jan.

Abstract

Added substrates, acetone and t-butyl alcohol, strongly retard the decomposition of H(2)O(2) brought about by ferric ethylenediaminetetraacetate (EDTA) at pH 8-9.5. Their relative effectiveness and the kinetic form of the retardation are consistent with their interruption of a hydroxyl radical chain that is propagated by HO. attack both upon H(2)O(2) and on complexed and uncomplexed EDTA. Similar retardation is observed with decompositions catalyzed by ferric nitrilotriacetate and hemin, and it is proposed that such redox chains may be quite a general path for transition metal ion catalysis of H(2)O(2) decomposition.

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