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

Table 4

Effect of varying dielectric constant of the medium on the reaction rate.

Methanol % v/v	10^2/D	10^4 𝑘^′ (s^−1)
0.0	1.30	3.01
10.0	1.38	3.46
20.0	1.48	4.12
30.0	1.60	4.85

[BAT]₀ = 10.0 × 10⁻⁴ mol dm⁻³; [LC] = 10.0 × 10⁻³ mol dm⁻³; [HCl] = 10.0 × 10⁻³ mol dm⁻³; [RuCl₃] = 6.0 × 10⁻⁶ mol dm⁻³; 𝑇=303 K.