The Kinetics and Mechanism of Oxidation of Cinnamyl Alcohol by N-Chloro p-toluene Sulphonamide (Chloramine-T) in Acid Perchlorate Medium

Abstract

The kinetics of oxidation of Cinnamyl alcohol by N-Chloro-p-

toluene Sulphonamide (Chloramine-T) in an aqueous acid medium has been studied. The reaction is first order with respect to the oxidant but exhibits rate independence of substrate concentration. Rate is retarded by hydrogen ion concentration that has been explained on protonation of Chloramine-T. The product toluene-p-sulphonamide does not affect the rate of reaction.

The Cinnamyl aldehyde has been observed to be the oxidation product spectrally and the stoichiometry of the reaction corresponds to the equation (1)