Research Article

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

Table 2

Activation and thermodynamic parameters for the oxidation of DL-Aspartic acid by alkaline KMnO4 with respect to the slow step of the reaction (Scheme 1).

Effect of temperature with respect to the slow step of Scheme 1 [ ] = 0.01 mol dm−3, [Asp] = 0.004 mol dm−3
Temperature (K)103k (s−1)

2980.240.99
3030.290.99
3080.340.99
3130.390.98
3180.440.99

Activation parametersValue

(kJ mol−1)23.8
(kJ mol−1)5.6 0.3
(JK−1 mol−1)−227.6 1.1
(kJ mol−1) (298 K)73.4

Effect of temperature on equilibrium constants and
T (K)10−2 (dm3 mol−1)10−3 (dm3 mol−1)

2981.31071.0
3030.71139.5
3083.2978.9
31311.1955.7
31820.2891.1