
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Verma, PS 
A1  - Grover, KC 
T1  - The influence of pH on the reaction between tartaric acid and metaperiodic acid
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1968
VL  - 21
IS  - 6
SP  - 1531
EP  - 1534
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9681531 
N2  - Tartaric acid in phosphate buffer (pH 6.6) at 30º consumed 2,003 ± 0.001 molar proportions of periodic acid in 2.5 hr. The reaction has been shown to be of second order. It is suggested that the oxidation proceeds through the disproportionation of a coordination compound intermediate involving the bitartrate and IO4 or H4IO4 ions, followed by the subsequent slow oxidation of glyoxylic acid to give formic acid. 
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