Research Article

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

Table 4

Effect of dielectric constant on the reaction rate at 303 K.

CH3CN : H2O  × 104 (s−1)

70 : 3049.710.68
60 : 4053.830.96
50 : 5057.951.52
40 : 6062.062.89
30 : 7066.185.47

[oxone] = 5.0 × 10−4 mol dm−3; [IAA] = 1.0 × 10−2 mol dm−3; [TPP] = 4.0 × 10−8 mol dm−3; : values are calculated from the values of pure solvent.