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Chemistry Forums for Students => Physical Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: Dolphinsiu on October 12, 2007, 11:54:36 AM
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http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/redox/faq/print-h2o2-iodide-reaction.shtml
Given mechanisms for Harcourt-Essen Reaction:
HI + H2O2 --> HIO + H2O (r.d.s step)
HI + HIO --> I2 + H2O
From the above website, it mentions that the free radical mechanism is occurred in presence of (homogenous) catalyst (NH4)2MoO4. Then, what is the mechanism? (I have found many website but not successful)