Kinetics and Mechanism of Electron Transfer to Heptavalent Manganese by DL-Aspartic Acid in Alkaline Aqueous and Micellar Media

Figure 1

First-order plots of the oxidation of Aspartic acid by permanganate in aqueous alkaline medium. [Asp] = 2 × 10⁻² mol dm⁻³, [OH⁻] = 0.02 mol dm⁻³, 𝐼=0.05 mol dm⁻³. 10⁴[MnO₄⁻] mol dm⁻³, A = 2.5, B = 3.0, C = 2.5, D = 1.5, and E = 1.0.