Journal of the American Chemical Society

Mechanism of aqueous decomposition of trichloroethylene oxide

H Cai, FP Guengerich

Index: Cai, Hongliang; Guengerich, F. Peter Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1999 , vol. 121, # 50 p. 11656 - 11663

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Abstract

The aqueous decomposition of trichloroethylene (TCE) oxide is shown to involve both pH- independent and hydronium ion-dependent regions. CC bond scission is a major reaction at all pH values. Disappearance of TCE oxide is the rate-determining step for the formation of CO under the conditions studied. The product distribution of CO and three carboxylic acids (HCO2H, Cl2CHCO2H, and glyoxylic acid) did not change considerably over the pH ...