Research Article

Kinetics and Mechanism of meso-Tetraphenylporphyrin Iron(III) Chloride Catalysed Oxidation of Indole-3-Acetic Acid by Peroxomonosulphate

Table 1

Pseudo-first-order rate constants for the TPP catalysed oxidation of IAA by peroxomonosulphate.

[IAA] × 102 (mol dm−3)[oxone] × 104 (mol dm−3)[TPP] × 108 (mol dm−3)CH3CN% (V/V )  × 104 (s−1)

0.65.04.0500.99
0.85.04.0501.42
1.05.04.0501.52
1.25.04.0501.95
1.45.04.0502.22
1.03.04.0501.97
1.04.04.0501.53
1.06.04.0501.46
1.07.04.0501.44