Research Article

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

Table 5

Effect of temperature on the reaction rate.

Temp (K)293303313323333

 × 104 (s−1)0.831.523.915.899.40

[oxone] = 5.0 × 10−4 mol dm−3; [IAA] = 1.0 × 10−2 mol dm−3; [TPP] = 4.0 × 10−8 mol dm−3, acetonitrile : water = 50 : 50.