The protonation state of small carboxylic acids at the water surface from photoelectron spectroscopy
Ottosson, Niklas ; Wernersson, Erik ; Soderstrom, Johan ; Pokapanich, Wandared ; Kaufmann, Susanna ; Svensson, Svante ; Persson, Ingmar ; Öhrwall, Gunnar LU
and Bjorneholm, Olle
(2011)
In Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
13(26).
p.12261-12267
- Abstract
- We report highly surface sensitive core-level photoelectron spectra of small carboxylic acids (formic, acetic and butyric acid) and their respective carboxylate conjugate base forms (formate, acetate and butyrate) in aqueous solution. The relative surface propensity of the carboxylic acids and carboxylates is obtained by monitoring their respective C1s signal intensities from a solution in which their bulk concentrations are equal. All the acids are found to be enriched at the surface relative to the corresponding carboxylates. By monitoring the PE signals of acetic acid and acetate as a function of total concentration, we find that the protonation of acetic acid is nearly complete in the interface layer. This is in agreement with... (More)
- We report highly surface sensitive core-level photoelectron spectra of small carboxylic acids (formic, acetic and butyric acid) and their respective carboxylate conjugate base forms (formate, acetate and butyrate) in aqueous solution. The relative surface propensity of the carboxylic acids and carboxylates is obtained by monitoring their respective C1s signal intensities from a solution in which their bulk concentrations are equal. All the acids are found to be enriched at the surface relative to the corresponding carboxylates. By monitoring the PE signals of acetic acid and acetate as a function of total concentration, we find that the protonation of acetic acid is nearly complete in the interface layer. This is in agreement with literature surface tension data, from which it is inferred that the acids are enriched at the surface while (sodium) formate and acetate, but not butyrate, are depleted. For butyric acid, we conclude that the carboxylate form co-exists with the acid in the interface layer. The free energy cost of replacing an adsorbed butyric acid molecule with a butyrate ion at 1.0 M concentration is estimated to be > 5 kJ mol(-1). By comparing concentration dependent surface excess data with the evolution of the corresponding photoemission signals it is furthermore possible to draw conclusions about how the distribution of molecules that contribute to the excess is altered with bulk concentration. (Less)
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- Ottosson, Niklas
; Wernersson, Erik
; Soderstrom, Johan
; Pokapanich, Wandared
; Kaufmann, Susanna
; Svensson, Svante
; Persson, Ingmar
; Öhrwall, Gunnar
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and Bjorneholm, Olle
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- 2011
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- Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
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- 13
- issue
- 26
- pages
- 12261 - 12267
- publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry
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- wos:000291885300017
- scopus:79959387375
- pmid:21633751
- ISSN
- 1463-9084
- DOI
- 10.1039/c1cp20245f
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- English
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author = {{Ottosson, Niklas and Wernersson, Erik and Soderstrom, Johan and Pokapanich, Wandared and Kaufmann, Susanna and Svensson, Svante and Persson, Ingmar and Öhrwall, Gunnar and Bjorneholm, Olle}},
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title = {{The protonation state of small carboxylic acids at the water surface from photoelectron spectroscopy}},
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