The spectrophotometric monitoring of ozone consumption in a liquid phase is
used to study the kinetics of cyclopentanone and methyl butyl ketone oxida
tion. The rate of ozone reaction with ketones (RH) at 303-344 K in acidic (
HClO4) aqueous solutions is described by the equation w = k(1)[RH][O-3] + k
(En)[RH] [HClO4], where k(1) is the rate constant for the reaction of ozone
with RH and k(En) is the rate constant for the enolization of RH. The kine
tic parameters of the process are found.