Kinetics of pyroarsenate hydrolysis in aqueous solution

The rate of hydrolysis of pyroarsenate in 0.1 mol dm-3 NaClO4 solutions, pH 6-9, was measured by a pH-stat technique at temperatures ranging from 278 to 298 K. The pKa of HAs2O73-, found to be the predominant reactant under these conditions, was 7.3 and 7.6 at 283 and 298 K, respectively. The hydrolysis rate constant for HAs2O73- was 0.05 s-1 at 298 K with activation parameters ΔH? = 49 ± 9 kJ mol-1 and ΔS? = -107 ± 30 J mol-1 K-1. An associative mechanism is indicated.