Wednesday, 17 June 2015

physical chemistry - Disproportionation of hydrogen peroxide


Hydrogen peroxide is decomposed as follows: 2HX2OX22HX2O+OX2

This is a disproportionation redox reaction of HX2OX2 involving the 2 half reactions HX2OX2OX2+2HX++2eX
HX2OX2+2eX+2HX+2HX2O
But I noticed semantically that it can also be the sum of the two following half reactions: 2HX2OX22OX2+4HX++4eX
OX2+4HX++4eX2HX2O
Both reactions are feasible according to the following:


Oxidised speciesReduced speciesE(V)HX2OX2HX2O1.763OX2HX2O1.23OX2HX2OX20.695


Can it happen in the second way? If yes, can you explain the mechanism in simple terms?





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