Kinetics of Cyanuric Chloride Hydrolysis in Aqueous Solution

Abstract

The hydrolysis of cyanuric chloride is investigated as a function of temperature, pH, and cyanuric chloride concentration in liquid phase. The hydrolysis reaction is carried out in water or acetone/water system in the temperature range of 283.15−303.15 K. The hydrolysis rates of cyanuric chloride are monitored at different temperatures and at various pHs. The experiment data show that the hydrolysis rates are independent of pH value when pH ≤ 6, and increase with the pH value when pH ≥ 7. On the basis of the results, it is supposed that the hydrolysis reaction takes place by the unimolecular nucleophilic substitution (SN1) mechanism when pH ≤ 6 and by the bimolecular nucleophilic substitution (SN2) mechanism when pH ≥ 7. Kinetics models corresponding to the mechanisms are proposed as follow: −d(nA/v)/dt = 7.625 × 109e−69298/RTcA for the acidic situation and −d(nA/v)/dt = 7.112 × 1011e−59267/RTcAcB0.5 for the alkaline situation. Experiment data show that the models work well with the average deviations of 2.01% and 9.88%, respectively.