PMID- 18962962 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20121002 LR - 20190729 IS - 0039-9140 (Print) IS - 0039-9140 (Linking) VI - 28 IP - 8 DP - 1981 Aug TI - Kinetics and mechanism of mercury(II)-catalysed replacement of cyanide in hexacyanoferrate(II) by p-nitrosodiphenylamine. PG - 591-7 AB - The mercury(II)-catalysed replacement of cyanide in hexacyanoferrate(II) by p-nitrosodiphenylamine (p-NDA) in aqueous solution has been investigated spectrophotometrically by measuring the change in absorbance of the green complex ion, [Fe(CN)(5).p-NDA](3-), at 640 nm. Activation parameters of the catalysed and uncatalysed reactions have been calculated. The effects of the dielectric constant and water content of the medium on reaction rates are used to explain the formation of a polar activated complex and suggest an I(d) mechanism for the catalysed reaction. The varying catalytic activity of Hg(II) as a function of concentration has been discussed. FAU - Fhull, M AU - Fhull M AD - Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur-208016, U.P., India. FAU - Nigam, P C AU - Nigam PC LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Netherlands TA - Talanta JT - Talanta JID - 2984816R EDAT- 1981/08/01 00:00 MHDA- 1981/08/01 00:01 CRDT- 1981/08/01 00:00 PHST- 1980/08/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 1980/10/27 00:00 [revised] PHST- 1981/01/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 1981/08/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1981/08/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1981/08/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 0039-9140(81)80209-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/0039-9140(81)80209-3 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Talanta. 1981 Aug;28(8):591-7. doi: 10.1016/0039-9140(81)80209-3.