Aqueous singlet oxygen reaction kinetics of furfuryl alcohol: e ﬀ ect of temperature, pH, and salt content †

The rate constant for the reaction between furfuryl alcohol (FFA) and singlet oxygen ( 1 O 2 ) in aqueous solution was measured as a function of temperature, pH and salt content employing both steady-state photolysis ( b value determination) and time-resolved singlet oxygen phosphorescence methods. The latter provided more precise and reproducible data. The reaction rate constant, k rxn,FFA , had a relatively small temperature dependence, no pH dependence and showed a small increase in the presence of high salt concentrations (+19% with 1 M NaCl). A critical review of the available literature suggested that the widely used value of 1.2 (cid:1) 10 8 M (cid:3) 1 s (cid:3) 1 is likely overestimated. Therefore, we recommend the use of 1.00 (cid:1) 10 8 M (cid:3) 1 s (cid:3) 1 for reactions performed in low ionic strength aqueous solutions (freshwater) at 22 (cid:4) C. Furthermore, corrections are provided that should be applied when working at higher or lower temperatures, and/or at high salt concentrations (seawater).


Introduction
Singlet oxygen ( 1 O 2 , O 2 ( 1 D g )), the rst electronic excited state of dioxygen, is widely studied due to its importance in both biological and environmental systems.6][7] Singlet oxygen has been shown to be the main oxidant for histidine photodegradation in natural waters, accounting for essentially 100% of its sunlightmediated degradation. 5][8][9][10][11][12] In addition, 1 O 2 contributes to the photodegradation of well-known micropollutants such as the fungicide propiconazole 13 and antibiotics belonging to the sulfonamide group. 14It has also been found to be the primary reactive species responsible for cimetidine 15 and bacitracin A 16 photochemical decomposition.From Zepp's initial report of 1 O 2 in surface waters onward, the study of 1 O 2 in environmental systems has relied heavily on the use of 1 O 2 -reactive molecular probe molecules.In 1984, Haag et al. proposed the use of furfuryl alcohol (FFA) and since that time it has become the standard probe molecule for 1 O 2 . 18here are several reasons for FFA's ascendancy.Nardello et al. outlined several criteria for an ideal 1 O 2 probe: 17 (1) it must be water soluble; (2) it must react selectively and with high rate constants with 1 O 2 ; (3) it should not absorb light at the working wavelength(s); (4) it should not quench 1 O 2 or sensitizer triplets physically; (5) it must form stable products; and, (6) it should be indenitely stable under dark conditions.FFA meets all of these requirements.In addition, it is commercially available, inexpensive, and has excellent chromatographic properties.
Critical to its use as a probe molecule is FFA's bimolecular reaction rate constant with 1 O 2 , k rxn,FFA .Most workers in the eld of environmental chemistry use the value reported by Haag et al. in 1984 of 1.2 Â 10 8 M À1 s À1 , 18 which was determined indirectly through O 2 consumption in photoirradiated aqueous solutions containing Rose Bengal.Our group and a few others have used 0.83 Â 10 8 M À1 s À1 , a value that is 30% lower, which was based on direct observation of 1 O 2 quenching by FFA in D 2 O by time-resolved phosphorescence. 15Over the past few years, it has become clear to us that there are reasons to be suspicious of both of these values.For instance, careful reading of the initial report of Haag et al. reveals that they did not measure 1.2 Â 10 8 M À1 s À1 ; rather, they determined a value of 1.09 Â 10 8 M À1 s À1 at 22 C and averaged it with the previously reported rate constant of 1.4 Â 10 8 M À1 s À1 measured at 37 C by Sluyterman. 18,19The time-resolved phosphorescence-based value that we determined was based on the assumption that FFA was not signicantly consumed during the brief laser irradiation period, which we now believe to likely be incorrect.The shortcomings of these previous measurements will be discussed in more detail below, but suffice it to say that there was good motivation to re-evaluate the FFA-1 O 2 rate constant.
In addition to re-measuring the rate constant for FFA and 1 O 2 , we felt it was also important to undertake an evaluation of the effects of temperature, pH and salt concentration on k rxn,FFA .It is valuable to understand these effects not only because of the natural variability of surface waters (e.g., freshwater vs. seawater), but also because of the fact that mechanistic or in situ investigations may require, for example, a wide range of temperatures and pH values.
In the present study, we used two different methods for the determination of the rate constant of 1 O 2 and FFA.In the rst method, we followed the initial rate of FFA consumption in the presence of 1 O 2 at various FFA concentrations.The initial rate saturates at sufficiently high FFA concentrations and the halfsaturation concentration of FFA (the beta value, b) can be directly related to k rxn,FFA .This is similar to the method of Haag et al., but following FFA instead of O 2 consumption.We reasoned that this would be a more direct measure of the bimolecular reaction rate constant, as there might be other reactions that consume O 2 besides that of FFA with 1 O 2 .In the second method, we followed the kinetics of 1 O 2 relaxation in the presence of increasing concentrations of FFA by time-resolved phosphorescence laser spectroscopy.These experiments were performed in H 2 O, which was deemed better than previous measurements in D 2 O, as it is unknown whether there is a solvent isotope effect on k rxn,FFA .This latter method proved to be highly precise and reproducible and was therefore used further to determine the temperature, pH, and salt concentration dependence of k rxn,FFA .

Materials
Perinaphthenone (PN), sodium bromide, guanidinium chloride, lithium chloride and sodium phosphate dibasic were purchased from Sigma Aldrich.Furfuryl alcohol (FFA) was obtained from Merck, and puried by distillation prior to use.Sodium bicarbonate, sodium chloride and magnesium dichloride hexahydrate were also purchased from Merck.Potassium dihydrogen phosphate, magnesium sulfate heptahydrate, calcium dichloride dehydrate, sodium perchlorate monohydrate and potassium chloride were from Fluka.D 2 O was obtained from Armar.All solvents used for the analysis were of HPLC grade.All aqueous solutions were prepared in ultrapure water (resistivity > 18 MU, Barnstead Nanopure Diamond System).N 2 (99.999%) and O 2 (99.9995%) were purchased from CarbaGas.

Steady-state photolysis experiments
Theoretical background.In line with earlier studies, 18,19 k rxn,FFA was measured using the method of the initial rates (or b value determination).One can write the rate of FFA consumption as follows: where [ where Fig. 1 shows a plot of R FFA 0 vs.
[FFA] 0 .The curve is an example of saturation kinetics, and as such is characterized by two parameters: R f and b.The formation rate (R f , [M s À1 ]) represents the asymptote of the curve, and is thus the maximum FFA Experimental design.Solutions of FFA (0.5-6 mM FFA + 10 mM NaCl, 10 mL) were added to a custom-made, borosilicate glass jacketed reactor with an open top.The reactor jacket was connected to a thermostated water circulator to keep the temperature constant within 0.1 C during each experiment.A medium-pressure mercury lamp (Oriel Apex Illuminator, Newport) with a 365 nm bandpass lter was used as the light source.Prior to irradiation, solutions were saturated with O 2 , equilibrated to the desired temperature, and pH-adjusted by addition of HCl or NaOH.Once the pH and the temperature were stable, perinaphthenone (PN) was added to a nal concentration of 10 mM and the irradiation was started.During the reaction, the pH was kept constant by addition of KOH through an automatic titrator, and the temperature monitored.Samples were collected every 30 s and analyzed by reverse-phase HPLC (Waters, reverse phase C18 column; eluent: 15% acetonitrile, 85% pH 5 acetate buffer).The slope of [FFA]

Time-resolved singlet oxygen phosphorescence experiments
Theoretical background.3][24][25] Eqn (5)- (8) show a summary of singlet oxygen deactivation processes in the presence of a quencher Q.As pointed out in the introduction, the lifetime of singlet oxygen in aqueous solution is relatively short (3.6 ms, see ESI †), being controlled by its fast deactivation by the solvent (k D d , eqn (5)).However, a very small fraction of the 1 O 2 population still undergoes radiative decay, emitting photons at 1270 nm.This weak phosphorescence can be recorded in a time-resolved manner and used to extract information about the system dynamics. (5) By integration of the kinetic rate law, it is possible to demonstrate that the 1 O 2 concentration will follow a growth and decay prole as described by eqn (9). 27 where [ 3 Sens] 0 is the concentration of sensitizer in the triplet state, k T and k D are the triplet sensitizer and singlet oxygen total deactivation rate constants, respectively.The phosphorescence signal S is directly proportional to both [ 1 O 2 ] and the singlet oxygen radiative decay rate constant, k D R (see eqn ( 6)).Therefore, where A 0 is a preexponential factor proportional to k D R and the 1 O 2 formation quantum yield (F D ), and s i ¼ 1/k i are the singlet oxygen (i ¼ D) and the triplet (i ¼ T) lifetimes.Fig. 2 shows examples of signals collected using the experimental setup, with PN as photosensitizer.As elucidated from the above expression (10), when s D > s T the signal grows with the triplet lifetime and decays with the 1 O 2 lifetime.This is the case when performing experiments in water (s D z 4 ms) with perinaphthenone (s T z 0.40 ms in oxygen saturated solutions). 28Thus, the decay portion of the phosphorescence signal provides information about the 1 O 2 deactivation/reaction kinetics.The decay constant, k D ¼ 1/ s D , is the sum of the various relaxation processes (eqn ( 5)-( 8)).In the particular case of FFA reaction with singlet oxygen, only unimolecular relaxation (k D d , eqn ( 5)) and reactive-quenching (k rxn,FFA [FFA], eqn ( 7)) are kinetically important, leading to eqn (11). 29,30 Therefore, a plot of k D vs.
[FFA] provides k rxn,FFA from the slope of the regression line (Stern-Volmer plot, insert in Fig. 2), 31 12)).For data analysis, decay portions were fit to a monoexponential function (eqn (10)).The insert is the Stern-Volmer plot obtained with the experimental data.The points associated with the signal in the main plot are highlighted in blue and red.
based on a previously published design. 22For our experiment, excitation pulses were generated by converting the primary 795 nm output of a regeneratively amplied laser (Solstice, Spectra-Physics, Darmstadt, Germany, pulse width < 100 fs, 1 kHz repetition rate) with a TOPAS optical parametric amplier (Light Conversion, Vilnius, Lithuania) to 365 nm.A cuvette containing the sample solution was housed in a cuvette holder (Thor labs CVH100) with an integrated lens/ber optic mount.Samples were excited with a collimated beam (spot size approx.7 mm) set to a power of 50-70 mW.Singlet oxygen phosphorescence was monitored 90 to the excitation, and the emitted photons were rst passed through a 1270 AE 5 nm bandpass lter, and collected with a lens focused onto a 1 mm i.d.optical ber which terminates into a ber mount attached to the window of a near-IR PMT (Hamamatsu, model H10330-45).The PMT output was sent to a preamplier (PAM 103-P PicoQuant) and then on to a multichannel scaler (TimeHarp 260Nano, PicoQuant) for integrated photon counting.Singlet oxygen phosphorescence was collected in one of two ways.First, photon counts were integrated until approximately 600 counts were reached at the signal maximum (see Fig. 2 for an indication of the relative signal to noise achieved at 600 counts), aer which the measurements were manually stopped.Second, photon counts were integrated for 10 s.Both methods provided adequate signal for reliable data tting, and no signicant differences could be seen between them.Transient data were exported to Origin for tting and analysis.
Temperature variation experiments.A 1-cm pathlength owthrough cuvette was connected via Tygon tubing to a threenecked ask (250 mL) containing a solution of PN (200 mL, 75 mM PN, pH 6.8 phosphate-buffered, I ¼ 10 mM corrected with NaCl).The ask, which acted as a reservoir, was placed in a stirred, temperature-controlled water bath.A peristaltic pump ensured good mixing and continuous circulation through the system.The solution was continuously circulated from the reservoir to the cuvette, and then back to the reservoir at a ow rate of approximately 2.5 mL s À1 .The PN solution was rst equilibrated at the desired temperature, then the reservoir was purged with O 2 for approx.5 min.An aliquot of FFA stock (400 mL, 0.1 M FFA in water) was added to the PN solution, and aer 3 min of equilibration, a sample (150 mL) was removed for HPLC analysis to determine the actual FFA concentration.The FFA addition and data collection procedure was repeated 10 times, until a total FFA stock volume of 4 mL (10 Â 400 mL) was added.Data were collected at seven different temperatures: 5, 10, 25, 30, 35, 40, and 45 C. pH effect and salt effect (concentration and type) experiments.The measurements were performed using a ow-to-waste setup.This experimental arrangement is identical to the ow-through setup except that the solution in the cuvette is ushed to a waste beaker during irradiation to avoid buildup of degradation products.A 1-cm ow-through cuvette was connected via Tygon tubing to a reservoir lled with PN solution (ca.500 mL, 75 mM).For each pH variation experiment, the pH was adjusted to the desired value with NaOH 1 M or HCl 1 M.In NaCl concentration experiments, PN solutions were prepared in pH 6.8 phosphate buffer (10 mM), and the salt concentration was increased by addition of NaCl.Similarly, salt effect experiments were performed in pH 6.8 phosphate-buffered PN solutions at 2 M total salt concentration.For each experiment, the solution was stirred, purged with O 2 , and circulated in the system for 5 min prior to analysis using a peristaltic pump.FFA (neat, 5 mL) was added to the solution, and aer 2 min of equilibration, an aliquot (150 mL) was withdrawn for HPLC analysis.The FFA addition and data collection procedure was repeated 10 times, until a total FFA stock volume of 50 mL (10 Â 5 mL) was added.The FFA concentration was later determined by HPLC analysis.This experiment was repeated at ten pH values, from 3 to 12, and at 6 different NaCl concentrations in the interval 0.01-1 M. The salt effect was tested on 2 M solutions of NaCl, NaBr, NaI, NaClO 4 , LiCl, MgCl 2 and guanidinium chloride (GnCl).A duplicate measurement was also recorded using articial seawater prepared according to Brujewicz. 32ata analysis.For all time-resolved experiments, the transient signal between 2.5 and 50 ms was t to the monoexponential decay function (12) (Origin 9.0).
Eqn ( 12) is a simplied form of eqn ( 10) that holds when only the decay portion of the singlet oxygen signal is taken into account, i.e., for t > 2.5 ms.Prior to 2.5 ms PN is still forming 1 O 2 , thus the signal cannot be treated as a simple monoexponential decay.The reciprocal of the lifetime, k obs ¼ 1/s D , was plotted against the [FFA] determined by HPLC analysis.The bimolecular rate constant k rxn,FFA was obtained as the slope of the regression line (eqn (11)).Using data obtained from the temperature variation experiments, Arrhenius and Eyring plots were constructed in order to extract the activation parameters of the reaction, namely energy of activation (E a ), preexponential factor (ln A), enthalpy of activation (DH ‡ ) and entropy of activation (DS ‡ ).

Temperature dependence
The temperature dependence of k rxn,FFA was assessed over a 40 C range (T ¼ 5-45 C) with both steady-state and timeresolved methods.Activation parameters determined from both Arrhenius and Eyring analyses are summarized in Table 1.As a general observation, the two methods provide comparable and consistent results.However, the time-resolved data were more reproducible and precise: lower experimental variability was observed with the time-resolved method across all of the experiments performed in this study.Therefore, the following sections will focus primarily on the time-resolved data.Activation parameters for the reaction of FFA with 1 O 2 were previously determined by Gottfried and Kimel using a porphyrin sensitizer and a Clark electrode apparatus for measuring dissolved oxygen (entry 6 in Table 2). 33Their reported values, when converted to enthalpy and entropy of activation (E a ¼ DH ‡ + RT; A ¼ ek B T/h Â e (DS ‡ /R) ), 34 are DH ‡ ¼ 20.2 kJ mol À1 and DS ‡ ¼ À22 J K À1 mol À1 , which are generally consistent with those determined here.We favor the values found in the present study as there was more precision in the individual measurements and the temperature dependence was determined over a greater temperature range (40 vs. 30 C range).
It is worth noting that the enthalpy of activation determined in this study, while low, is still signicantly higher than found for other furans reacting with 1 O 2 .For example, Gorman et al. reported DH ‡ of (0.0 AE 0.4) kcal mol À1 for the reaction of 1 O 2 with both furan and dimethylfuran in toluene solvent. 35Near-zero and even negative DH ‡ values have led to the conclusion that 1 O 2 forms an exciplex prior to reaction.We speculate that the solvent (water) is likely the key difference giving the distinctly higher DH ‡ value measured here.Temperature-dependent changes in aqueous diffusion rate constants, which are due to the relatively steep viscosity-temperature relationship for water, lead to apparent activation energies of 12-20 kJ mol À1 (5-200 C). 36,37

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This has been interpreted as the activation energy associated with the diffusion of solutes in water. 36n summary, despite the relatively small enthalpy of activation, a temperature dependence on k rxn,FFA does exist and should be considered when performing photolysis experiments.This might be important when temperature is likely to vary or be high, for example during the course of long photolysis experiments or when high light intensities are employed.As shown in Fig. S1, † in our photoreactor, the solution temperature can increase up to 10 C if not controlled.Using the results in Table 1 one can calculate a reaction rate enhancement of about 20% when heating the solution from 24 C to 34 C (from 1.04 to 1.24 Â 10 8 M À1 s À1 ).Therefore, as a good practice, one should record the temperature trend during the experiment, and then calculate the value of k rxn,FFA to be used in the data analysis.The rate constant at an arbitrary temperature can be calculated using eqn (13), obtained from the linear regression of the experimental points.
In the range of common laboratory and photoreactor temperatures (T ¼ 20-40 C), it is perfectly adequate (<0.6% error) to use the simple linear eqn (14).
This equation gives a nice rule-of-thumb that k rxn,FFA is 1.00 Â 10 8 M À1 s À1 at 22 C and changes 2% for every degree Celsius.

pH dependence
The rate constant k rxn,FFA was also studied as function of pH in the range of 3-12 using both steady-state and time-resolved methods.
Our measurements are summarized in Fig. 4 and S3.† Data from the time-resolved phosphorescence method showed no pH dependence from pH 3 to 12, giving k avg rxn,FFA ¼ (9.4 AE 0.1) Â 10 7 M À1 s À1 (T ¼ 19-20 C) (Fig. 4).Measurements made between pH 4 and 10 by the steady-state method show qualitatively the same results, albeit with a much larger (ca.+20%) variation in the measured rate constants (Fig. S3 †).The absence of a pH dependence ts the fact that neither 1 O 2 nor FFA have pK a values in this range.Variations in 1 O 2 reaction rate constants that depend on pH are usually associated with a change in protonation state of the substrate.For example, rate constants for phenols are typically 2 orders of magnitude smaller than those of phenolates. 2,39,40Histidine and histamine also have speciation-dependent reaction rate constants. 41he absence of a pH dependence is also in agreement with previous literature ndings.Sluyterman (entry 1 in Table 2) reported a constant oxygenation rate constant for furfuryl alcohol in the pH range 3-9. 19Similarly, Scully and Hoigné (entry 5 in Table 2) observed constant k rxn,FFA values at pH 7, 10 and 11.5. 39y contrast, Gottfried and Kimel (entry 6 in Table 2) measured a 60% increase in the reaction rate constant when lowering the pH from 7.6 to 6.6.In light of the results reported here, we believe that the Gottfried and Kimel result is simply the outlier of the group, and that there is no pH dependence in k rxn,FFA .

Dependence on salt content
Salt concentration dependence was assessed with time-resolved 1 O 2 phosphorescence using NaCl solutions in the ionic strength range I ¼ 0.01-1 M.This range includes all major natural water types, from surface waters (I ¼ 1-5 mM) to ground water (I ¼ 10-20 mM) and seawater (I ¼ 670 mM). 42,43Even though the chemical nature of the ionic components can vary greatly, we focused on sodium chloride because of its abundance in a typical high-salinity environment.In a representative seawater sample (salinity 3.5%) Cl À represents 95% of the total anions content, while Na + accounts for 86% of the total cations (by mole percent). 44,45s reported in Fig. 5, k rxn,FFA increases slightly with [NaCl], corresponding to a reaction rate constant enhancement of +13.4% for articial seawater (I ¼ 0.67 M) and +19% obtained with 1 M NaCl (I ¼ 1.0 M).We explored two possible explanations for this increase.The rst is that the ionic strength of the medium might inuence the kinetics.The second is that there  is a salt effect similar to what has been observed for Diels-Alder reactions, which have been interpreted in terms of the hydrophobic effect. 46,47Both of these hypotheses are testable by examining the inuence of different salt compositions on the kinetics.In the rst case, the kinetics should be the same for two solutions of the same ionic strength regardless of the identity of the ions involved.In the second case, the reaction should be accelerated by "salting out" ions (e.g., LiCl) and decelerated by "salting in" ions (e.g.guanidinium chloride, GnCl), as proposed by Breslow. 46 This is the result of water-ion interactions: small, hard ions strongly bind to water, increasing the cavitation energy and therefore favoring aggregate formation between hydrophobic molecules (i.e., formation of activated complexes).On the other hand, big, so ions loosely interact with water, decreasing the cavitation energy.It has also been suggested that "salting-in" ions disrupt hydrophobic aggregation by enhancing the water solubility of organic molecules through direct interactions. 48able 3 lists rate constants determined in the presence of various ions (at 2 M), and clearly demonstrates that neither of the above explanations is satisfactory.The rate constants change with different salt compositions, arguing against a simple ionic strength effect.Furthermore, the rate constants do not follow the order predicted by the hydrophobic effect hypothesis.For example, LiCl and GnCl are expected to be opposite end members, but instead show almost identical rate constants.We noted that k rxn,FFA increases with the anion radius, but shows a less dened trend with respect to the cation size.
Whatever the origin of the salt effect, for aquatic systems where sodium and chloride ions are dominant, it is important to note that there is an empirical linear relationship between molar concentration of NaCl and the rate constant at 20 C (eqn (15)).
Comparison with previous studies In general, the most common experimental technique employed until the 1990s consists of measuring the loss of ground state oxygen under pseudo rst-order conditions (i.e., high FFA concentrations) and then relating it to the loss of FFA assuming a 1 : 1 stoichiometric ratio.This has been done with both pressure (entry 1) and amperometric measurements (entries 3-6).Once the ground state oxygen depletion kinetics are known, it is possible to calculate k rxn,FFA using the b value method.The only time-resolved determination that we are aware of was performed in 2003 (entry 7).However, due to the poor response time of the available Ge-based detector, the measurement could only be performed in D 2 O, where the singlet oxygen lifetime is 14 times longer than in H 2 O. 26 As far as the values are concerned, O 2 consumption-based rate constants are generally higher than what was measured in the current work.For example, Sluyterman obtained k rxn,FFA ¼ 1.4 Â 10 8 M À1 s À1 , while on the basis of eqn (14) one would expect k rxn ¼ 1.30 Â 10 8 M À1 s À1 at 37 C. Similarly, Haag found k rxn,FFA ¼ 1.09 Â 10 8 M À1 s À1 at 22 C, while we would predict it to be 9% lower.A general difference between the previous studies and ours is the choice of the sensitizer.4][55][56] Indeed, because of these features PN is acknowledged as a reference compound for (photochemically generated) singlet oxygen quantum yield determinations. 54][59][60][61][62][63][64] The use of RB as a sensitizer might be problematic with respect to unwanted side reactions.Though not conclusive, À c ¼ 0.20). 60However, Lambert and Kochevar recently questioned these ndings, 65 providing experimental evidence of the inefficiency of superoxide radical anion formation in aqueous environments (F O 2 À c < 0.01).Regardless of the mechanism, photobleaching is commonly observed for RB and other dyes.It has been shown that in the presence of oxygen and low concentration of dye ([dye] < 10 mM), sensitizer degradation follows rst order kinetics, with the rate determining step being the attack of ground state oxygen on the excited triplet state (D-O mechanism). 66Thus, several pieces of evidence suggest that RB sensitized photolysis experiments can be biased by other oxygen-consuming processes.
Regarding the k rxn,FFA value reported by Latch (entry 7), a reanalysis of the data revealed that the experimental design may have led to an articially low k rxn,FFA value.In their experiment, they measured k rxn,FFA by additive spiking of an FFA stock into a single sensitizer solution which was repeatedly irradiated.In some instances this is a reasonable method, however one must consider that FFA may be consumed to a signicant extent during the measurement.For slow reactions, or short irradiation times, the change in quencher concentration will be small, and may be neglected.We now make the case that FFA consumption should have been taken into account in the previous k rxn,FFA determination experiments.With the sensitizer concentration and laser power levels employed in the present work, about 10% of the starting FFA was consumed in a roughly 4 mL sample during the 6-10 s of signal acquisition.Fig. 6 shows that when FFA consumption is taken into account, the regression line based on the "spiked" FFA concentrations is less steep, resulting in articially low quenching rate constants.To illustrate, for the same [FFA] 0 and k obs values, k rxn,FFA increases from 8.3 to 9.7 Â 10 7 M À1 s À1 when adjusting from 0% to 20% loss of FFA starting concentration.We think that this might explain the discrepancy between the Latch value and the one reported here.

Conclusions
The reaction rate constant for the reaction of furfuryl alcohol with singlet oxygen in water was investigated as a function of temperature, pH, and salt content using both steady-state (b value) and time-resolved methods.Temperature was the main factor inuencing k rxn,FFA , while the reaction was shown to be pH independent.A small increase in k rxn,FFA was observed at relatively high ionic strengths, using both NaCl and articial seawater.In low ionic strength solutions (below 50-100 mM) the effect was negligible.In measuring k rxn , time-resolved singlet oxygen phosphorescence was shown to be a superior method compared to the classical one based on b value determination due to its higher precision and reproducibility.
We discourage the use of the well-known 1.2 Â 10 8 M À1 s À1 value of Haag et al., both because it may be an overestimate due to Rose Bengal-induced side reactions and because the actual value measured in that study was 1.09 Â 10 8 M À1 s À1 .This implies that the past values are most likely underestimated by 10-20%, depending on the solution temperature and ionic strength, as well as the assumptions in the calculation of [ 1 O 2 ] ss (i.e., whether FFA quenching is considered or not; more details in the ESI †).Likewise, the use of the 8.3 Â 10 7 M À1 s À1 value reported by Latch et al. should be discontinued due to experimental conditions that likely led to the underreporting of the true reactivity of FFA with 1 O 2 .
For future studies using FFA as a 1 O 2 probe molecule, we recommend the following: (1) Monitor the temperature of the sample during the photolysis experiment; (2) Use the temperature-adjusted k rxn,FFA value (see eqn ( 13) and ( 14)); (3) Apply a salt content correction if working at elevated salt concentrations (e.g. in seawater; see eqn (15)).
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is the 1 O 2 formation rate and k D d [s À1 ] is the deactivation rate constant (in water k D d ¼ (2.5 AE 0.1) Â 10 5 s À1 ). 21In the present work, we determined a slightly faster rate constant of k D d ¼ (2.76 AE 0.02) Â 10 5 s À1 at 20 C (see ESI †).By substituting eqn (2) into eqn (1) and substituting b ¼ k D d / k rxn,FFA , one obtains eqn (3), here expressed in terms of initial FFA concentration and initial degradation rate.

Fig. 2
Fig.2Singlet oxygen formation and decay profiles in the presence of 0 mM (blue) and 1.8 mM (red) FFA recorded with 75 mM PN in MilliQ water for 10 s.The circles represent the experimental points, and the lines are the curve fits performed with Origin (eqn (12)).For data analysis, decay portions were fit to a monoexponential function (eqn(10)).The insert is the Stern-Volmer plot obtained with the experimental data.The points associated with the signal in the main plot are highlighted in blue and red.

Fig. 3
Fig. 3 Arrhenius (red diamond) and Eyring (blue circles) plots obtained from time-resolved singlet oxygen experiments performed in the temperature range 5-45 C. Each error bar represents the standard error of the regression line of a Stern-Volmer plot.

Fig. 4
Fig. 4 pH dependence on k rxn,FFA studied with time-resolved singlet oxygen phosphorescence at 19-20 C (lab temperature).The error bars indicate the standard deviation of the linear regression performed on the Stern-Volmer plot for each experiment.The blue solid line is the average value across the whole pH range; the grey lines show Haag 18 (most used) and Latch 15 (most recent) values.

Fig. 5
Fig. 5 Salt concentration dependence on k rxn,FFA determined via timeresolved singlet oxygen phosphorescence.The error bar represents the error of the regression line of a Stern-Volmer plot.The empty diamond is the measured value for artificial seawater.All measurements are performed at 19.5-20.5 C (lab temperature).
1O 2 ] ss is the 1 O 2 steady-state concentration and k rxn,FFA [M À1 s À1 ] is the second-order reaction rate constant of FFA with singlet oxygen.Assuming that 1 O 2 is a reactive intermediate and that its concentration is low and constant over time, it is possible to apply the steady-state approximation and derive

Table 1
Summary of activation parameters obtained with steady-state (b value) and time-resolved methods 34Converted from the Arrhenius parameters using the following relationships (T ¼ 298 K): E a ¼ DH ‡ + RT; A ¼ ek B T/h Â e (DS ‡ /R) .34

Table 2
Chronological summary of literature reaction rate constants of FFA with singlet oxygen in water Entry k rxn,FFA (10 8 M À1 s À1 ) T ( C) k rxn,FFA a (10 8 M À1 s À1 ) Sensitizer b Solvent a Calculated with eqn (14).b Sensitizer abbreviations: PF ¼ proavine, RB ¼ Rose Bengal, PS-RB ¼ polystyrene-bound RB, TPPS 4 ¼ mesotetraphenylporphyrin tetrasulfonate, Hpd ¼ hematoporphyrin derivative, PN ¼ perinaphthenone.c Measured.d Reported.e The error is the standard deviation calculated from the two reported values.f The error is the standard deviation calculated from the determinations performed at the different pH values.g The rate constant was also determined in D 2 O and no solvent isotope effect was found (k H /k D ¼ 1.00 AE 0.06).This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2017 Environ.Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2017, 19, 507-516 | 511 Paper Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts Open Access Article.Published on 14 February 2017.Downloaded on 3/4/2024 3:42:00 AM.This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.

Table 2
1ummarizes the available literature on1O 2 reaction rate constants with FFA in water.Note that for entry 3, both the widely used value of 1.2 Â 10 8 M À1 s À1 is given, as well as the value actually measured by Haag et al. of (1.09 AE 0.09) Â 10 8 M À1 s À1 .The latter value was calculated from the reported b value of (2.3 AE 0.2) Â 10 À3 M, using eqn (4), while the former value was arrived at by Haag et al. by averaging the measured value (at 22 C) with the previously measured value of Sluyterman (at 37 C) (entry 1).

Table 3
49mmary of k rxn,FFA determined in 2 M aqueous solutions at 20 C (lab temperature) via time-resolved singlet oxygen phosphorescence.The ratio k salt rxn,FFA /k buffer rxn,FFA was calculated using k rxn,FFA measured in a 10 mM-buffered solution in the same experimental conditions (k buffer rxn,FFA ¼ (9.5 AE 0.3) Â 10 7 M À1 s À1 ).NaI was not measured as iodide suppressed singlet oxygen production.Abbreviation: GnCl ¼ guanidinium chloride Reference: a crystal radius from Shannon.49b Calculated ionic radius from Marcus.
50This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2017 Environ.Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2017, 19, 507-516 | 513 Paper Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts Open Access Article.Published on 14 February 2017.Downloaded on 3/4/2024 3:42:00 AM.This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.View Article Online several literature sources point toward the non-innocent role of a superoxide radical anion pathway in oxygen quenching of RB triplets.For instance, Srinivasan et al. 59 used superoxide dismutase to detect O 2 À c generated during constant steady-state irradiation of aqueous RB solution, obtaining a yield as high as 23% for superoxide radical anion formation.A similar result was observed by Lee and Rodgers, who used benzoquinone to trap O 2 À c generated upon laser ash photolysis of RB solutions (F O 2