Research Article

Kinetics and Mechanism of meso-Tetraphenylporphyrin Iron(III) Chloride Catalysed Oxidation of Indole-3-Acetic Acid by Peroxomonosulphate

Table 2

Effect of catalyst concentration on the reaction rate at 303 K.

[IAA] × 102 (mol dm−3)[oxone] × 104 (mol dm−3)[TPP] × 108 (mol dm−3)CH3CN% (V/V )  × 104 (s−1)

1.05.02.0501.12
1.05.04.0501.52
1.05.06.0501.99
1.05.08.0502.05
1.05.010.0502.46
1.05.012.0502.69
1.05.014.0502.88
1.05.016.0503.12
1.05.018.0503.18
1.05.020.0503.22
1.05.022.0503.30
1.05.024.0503.35
1.05.026.0503.45
1.05.028.0503.59
1.05.030.0504.19
1.05.032.0504.92
1.05.034.0506.35
1.05.036.0506.41
1.05.038.0506.63
1.05.040.0506.76

[oxone] = 5.0 × 10−4 mol dm−3; [IAA] = 1.0 × 10−2 mol dm−3; [H+] = 40.0 × 10−2 mol dm−3, acetonitrile : water = 50 : 50.