Research Article

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

Table 5

Effect of temperature on the reaction rate and activation parameters.

Temperature (K)104 (s−1)104 (s−1)Active parameters
ParameterValue

2931.82(2.63) (kJ mol−1)35.90 (41.10)
3033.00(4.30) (kJ mol−1)33.38 (38.50)
3134.62(7.14) (kJ mol−1)94.82 (93.95)
3237.30(12.58) (J K−1 mol−1)−202.79 (−182.74)

Values in parenthesis refer to the slow and rate limiting step.