Kinetics and Mechanistic Studies on Oxidation of Levocarnitine by Bromamine-T in HCl Medium Catalyzed by Ru(III)

Table 2

Catalytic constants at different temperatures.

Temperature; K	10^4𝑘^′ (s^−1)
	Ru(III) catalysed	Uncatalysed	10^−2 𝑘𝑐 (s^−1); w.r.t. catalyst
293	1.82	0.48	1.40
303	3.00	0.65	2.58
313	4.62	1.23	3.68
323	7.30	3.16	4.50
Activation parameters w.r.t. catalyst
𝐸𝑎 (kJ mol^−1) = 24.8
Δ𝐻^# (kJ mol^−1) = 22.28 ± 0.07
Δ𝑆^# (J mol^−1) = −92.97 J mol^−1  ± 0.29
Δ𝐺^# (kJ mol^−1) = 50.449 ± 0.62