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Table 3 Effect of varying temperature and values of thermodynamic parameters for the oxidation of IMP and CLM by CAT in acid medium

From: Oxidation of tricyclic antidepressant drugs with chloramine-T in acidic solutions: kinetic, mechanistic and thermodynamic studies

Temperature

104k/(s-1) (103 k 3 (s-1))a

(K)

IMP

CLM

290

3.90 (1.66)

2.58 (1.11)

295

4.86 ( ---)

3.36 ( ---)

300

7.54 (2.50)

4.80 (1.43)

305

9.98 (3.30)

5.92(2.0)

310

15.8 (4.0)

9.40 (2.64)

E a (kJ mol -1)

38.3 (32.6)

46.7 (38.5)

∆H ≠ (kJ mol-1)

35.8 (30.1)±0.01

44.2 (35.8)±0.01

∆G ≠ (kJ mol-1)

91.5 (88.6)±0.09

92.7 (90.0)±0.002

∆S ≠ (JK-1 mol-1)

-185 (-194)±0.03

-161 (-180)±0.08

Log A

6.94±0.06

8.56±0.24

  1. aValues in the parantheses refer to the rate-determining step.
  2. [CAT]o = 2.0 x 10-4 mol dm-3; [TCA]o = 4. 0 x 10-3 mol dm-3; [HClO4] = 2.9 x 10-3 mol dm-3.