Research Article

Kinetics and Mechanism of Oxidation of Carbenicillin by Copper (III) Periodate Complex in Aqueous Alkaline Medium

Table 2

Activation parameters with respect to uncatalyzed rate constant (ku).

ParametersValues

Ea (K J mol−1)30.94
∆H (K J mol−1)28 ± 1
∆S (J K−1 mol-)−205 ± 3
∆G (k Jmol−1)89 ± 2
LogA2.5 ± 0.6