Kinetics and Mechanism of Oxidation of Methanol by Benzyl Triethyl Ammonium Chloro Chromate in aqueous acetic acid medium – catalyzed by 1,10-phenanthroline

Kinetics of oxidation of Aliphatic Primary alcohol, methanol by Benzyl Triethyl Ammonium Chloro Chromate (BTEACC) has been studied in acetic acid medium. The reaction shows first order dependence with respect to [BTEACC] and [Methanol] and fractional order dependence with respect to [H+] and [Phen]. The rate of oxidation decreases with increase in dielectric constant of solvent which suggests ion-dipole interaction. Activation parameters have been evaluated. Finally a mechanism consistent with the observed result has been proposed and discussed

Author(s): AN.Palaniappan, S. Vaideki, S. Srinivasan and C. Raju

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