Polyethylene Glycols as Efficient Catalysts for the Oxidation of Xanthine Alkaloids by Ceric Ammonium Nitrate in Acetonitrile: A Kinetic and Mechanistic Approach
Figure 1
Pseudo first order kinetic plots of caffeine with MeCN at 310 K. [CAF] = 0.016 mol dm−3; [CAN] = 0.0041 mol dm−3; [PEG-300] = 0.062 mol dm−3.