Study of the Ligand Substitution Reaction [Fe(CN)5(4-tbupy)]3- + Pyrazine in Concentrated Aqueous Electrolyte Solutions: Estimation of the Activation Volume

The ligand substitution reaction [Fe(CN)5(4-tbupy)]3- + pyrazine (4-tbupy=4-tertbutylpyridine) was studied in aqueous concentrated electrolyte solutions at 298 K. Plots of ln(k/kw) against (γ-γw), where the subscript w refers to pure water and γ is the surface tension of the appropriate salt solution, gave a common straight line for all the electrolytes studied and permits to estimate the activation volume.