The determination of kinetic data for the reactions of chromium(VI) with glutathione and other thiols

The equations necessary for the determination of the rate constants corresponding to the opposite elementary steps for formation of the oxidant-reductant ester intermediate, as well as that corresponding to its redox decomposition, in the reduction of chromium(VI) by glutathione and other thiols at physiological pH have been deduced. It is shown that those three rate constants can be obtained with a good reproducibility. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.