Kinetics and mechanism of oxidation of aliphatic ketoximes by thallium(III) acetate-Part I

Abstract

The oxidative cleavage of some aliphatic ketoximes by thallium(III) acetate was studied in the temperature range of 20-40°C. The reactions were followed by determination of the rates of disappearance of thallium(III) acetate for variations in [substrate], [Tl(III)], [H⁺], ionic strength, temperature, etc. The reactions were found to be totally second order-first order with respect to each reactant. The second-order rate constants and thermodynamic parameters were evaluated and discussed. The mechanism proposed involves one-electron oxidation to the iminoxy radical followed by an another one-electron oxidation to the hydroxynitroso compound which dimerizes and decomposes to give the carbonyl compounds and hyponitrous acid.