Oxidation of diols by cetyltrimethylammonium dichromate

S Patel, DD Sung, BK Mishra

Index: Patel, Sabita; Sung, Dae Dong; Mishra Indian Journal of Chemistry - Section A Inorganic, Physical, Theoretical and Analytical Chemistry, 2008 , vol. 47, # 8 p. 1218 - 1221

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Abstract

The oxidation kinetics of some diols have been investigated using cetyltrimethylammonium dichromate as the oxidant in dichloromethane in the presence of acetic acid and a cationic surfactant. A tentative mechanism has been proposed on the basis of (i) observed rate constant dependencies on the reactants,(ii) high negative entropy change and (iii) the kobs dependencies on surfactant concentration.