Title
Photocatalysis of chloroform degradation by μ-dichlorotetrachlorodipalladate(II)
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-20-2010
Publisher
Elsevier
Abstract
Unlike other chlorometallate complexes that catalyze the photodecomposition of haloalkanes through photodissociation of a chlorine atom, both PdCl42- and Pd2Cl62- catalyze chloroform decomposition through a process that appears to involve C–H bond breakage from an excited state association complex with chloroform. This would account for the greatly retarded rate of decomposition in CDCl3 and for the generation of CCl4 as a side product. In chloroform, Pd2Cl62- and PdCl42- are in slow equilibrium with each other. The rate for the conversion of Pd2Cl62-–PdCl42- in chloroform at 23 °C obeys the expression (0.03 M−1 s−1) [PdCl42-][Cl−]. The equilibrium constant, K = [Pd2Cl62-][Cl−]2/[PdCl42-]2, was estimated to be 3 × 10−3 M in CHCl3.
Recommended Citation
Rachel Gilbert, Merve Karabulut, and Patrick E. Hoggard, “Photocatalysis of chloroform degradation by μ-dichlorotetrachlorodipalladate(II)”, Inorg. Chim. Acta 363, 1462-1468 (2010).
