Abstract: | The hexacyanoferrate(III)-thallium(I) reaction in aqueous acetic acid containing large concentrations of hydrochloric acid is considerably accelerated both by hydrogen and chloride ions as well as increasing acetic acid in the medium. The experimental results obey the rate law (1) where β1 to β6 are the cumulative stability constants of the species TlCl, TlCl, TlCl, HFe(CN), H2Fe(CN) and H3Fe(CN)6 respectively and ka and kb are the rate constants associated with the mono- and di-protonated oxidant species. The main active species are H2Fe(CN) and TlCl. |