N. Kambo et Sk. Upadhyay, Kinetics and mechanism of the ruthenium(III) catalysed oxidation of reducing sugars by chloramine-T in alkaline medium, TRANSIT MET, 25(4), 2000, pp. 461-464
The kinetics of the ruthenium(III) catalysed oxidation of reducing sugars,
viz. arabinose, xylose, galactose, glucose, fructose, lactose and maltose b
y chloramine-T have been studied in alkaline medium. The reactions exhibit
a first order rate dependence with respect to: [substrate], [chloramine-T]
and [OH-]. The rate is proportional to {k' + k "[Ru-III]}, where k' and k "
are rate constants for uncatalysed and catalysed path respectively. A suit
able mechanism, consistent with the kinetic data, is proposed and discussed
.