Mechanism and reactivity in perborate oxidation of anilines in acetic acid

C Karunakaran, R Kamalam

Index: Karunakaran, Chockalingam; Kamalam, Ramasamy Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 2, 2002 , # 12 p. 2011 - 2018

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Abstract

Perborate but not percarbonate in acetic acid generates peracetic acid on standing and the peracetic acid oxidation of anilines is fast. The oxidation with a fresh solution of perborate in acetic acid is smooth and second order but the specific oxidation rate increases with increasing [perborate] 0 or [boric acid]. Perborate on dissolution affords hydrogen peroxide and a borate; the latter assists the former in the oxidation. The oxidation rates of anilines ...