Kinetics of the Ru(III) Catalyzed Oxidation of Formaldehyde and Acetaldehyde by Alkaline Hexacyanoferrate(III)

Article abstract of DOI:10.1007/BF00809151

The kinetics of ruthenium(III) catalyzed oxidation of formaldehyde and acetaldehyde by alkaline hexacyanoferrate(III) has been studied spectrophotometrically.The rate of oxidation of formaldehyde is directly proportional to while that of acetaldehyde is proportional to k/>, where k, k' and k" are rate constants.The order of reaction in acetylaldehyde is unity while that in formaldehyde falls from 1 to 0.The rate of reaction is proportional to _T in each case.A suitable mechanism is proposed are discussed. -Keywords: Kinetics; Mechanism; Oxidation; Ru(III) catalyzed