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The rate constants of the reactions of e −aq and the OH· radical with the oxalate ion in a neutral aqueous solution were measured by means of the pulse radiolysis technique. They were found to be (3.5 ± 0.5) × 107 and (1.5 ± 0.2) × 107 l mol−1 s−1, respectively. The radical anion −OOC-C·OO2− is characterized by an optical absorption band that has a maximum at 270 nm and a molar absorption coefficient of (2400 ± 200) l mol−1 cm−1. The radical anion ·OOC-COO−, the product of the reaction with the OH· radical, exhibits absorption that has no maximum and increases in intensity with a decrease in the wavelength extending to the UV region (ɛ220 = 1800 l mol−1 cm−1). The mechanism of radiation-chemical transformations in aqueous oxalate solutions is discussed.
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Original Russian Text © B.G. Ershov, E. Janata, M.S. Alam, A.V. Gordeev, 2008, published in Khimiya Vysokikh Energii, 2008, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 5–10.
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Ershov, B.G., Janata, E., Alam, M.S. et al. A pulse radiolysis study of the reactions of the hydrated electron and hydroxyl radical with the oxalate ion in neutral aqueous solution. High Energy Chem 42, 1–6 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0018143908010013
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