Kinetic study on acid catalysed oxidation of nitrogenous compound by selenium dioxide in aqueous acetic acid medium

Abstract

In this paper, we reported model studies on mechanistic oxidation of some nitrogenous compounds with selenium dioxide.
The dependence of rate on temperature was studied at four different temperature for para propyl aniline with selenium
dioxide while keeping the concentration of other reactants constant. The stoichiometry of the reaction of oxidation of para
propyl aniline with SeO2 in presence of sulphuric acid, in aqueous-acetic acid medium was determined. Various activation
parameters namely temperature coefficient, energy of activation, frequency factor, free energy, enthalpy of activation and
entropy of activation for each reaction are calculated.