Oxidative Cleavage of β-Lactam Ring of Cephalosporins with Chloramine-T in Alkaline Medium: A Kinetic, Mechanistic, and Reactivity Study

Figure 4

Proton inventory plots of (a)  𝑘^′_𝑛 versus 𝑛 and (b)  (𝑘^′_𝑜/𝑘^′_𝑛)^1/2 versus 𝑛. Experimental conditions are as in Table 3.