Research Letter

Kinetics and Mechanism of Oxidation of Leucine and Alanine by Ag(III) Complex in Alkaline Medium

Table 1

𝑘 o b s varied with different [AA] at different temperatures.

[AA]/(mol/L)0.010.020.030.040.05

T/(K) 1 0 3 𝑘 o b s / ( s 1 ) for oxidation of leucine

298.22.7405.3607.78910.1713.69
303.24.0667.97311.2915.9219.64
308.26.77512.0418.1824.6231.11
313.28.25815.2522.5032.4038.30

1 0 3 𝑘 o b s / ( s 1 ) for oxidation of alanine

298.25.87210.3715.8722.1429.05
303.28.67114.3823.2431.9740.89
308.212.4722.5233.4644.4759.78
313.217.7132.7647.1865.9893.53

[ A g ( I I I ) ] = 2 . 9 6 5 × 1 0 5 mol/L, [ O H ] = 0 . 0 6 mol/L, [ I O 4 ] = 5 . 0 0 × 1 0 4 mol/L, 𝜇 = 0 . 1 5 mol/L.