Catalysis Letters, Vol.148, No.1, 424-437, 2018
Behavior of IrCl3 as a Homogeneous Catalyst on the Oxidation of N-Acetylglucosamine in Acid Medium and Uncatalyzed Reaction in Alkaline Medium with Bromamine-B: Exploration of Kinetic, Mechanistic and Catalytic Chemistry
The experimental rate laws for the oxidation of N-acetylglucosamine with bromamine- B are: - d[BAB]/dt = k' [BAB](1) [GlcNAc](0.69) [HClO4](-0.76) [IrCl3](0.48) [BSA](-0.33) in acid medium and -d[BAB]/dt = k' [BAB](1) [GlcNAc](1) [NaOH](0.79) in alkaline medium. The IrCl3 catalyzed reaction is thirteen fold faster than uncatalyzed reaction. Appropriate mechanisms and rate laws were deduced.