Kinetics of oxidation of alcohols : phase transfer catalysis

University College of Technology, Osmania University, Hyderabad-500 007, India E-mail : univ_hyd_osmania@hotmail.com Manuscript received 31 January 2001, revised 1 February 2002, accepted 15 February 2002 The study involves the phase transfer catalyzed oxidation of alcohols, namely, 2-ethyl-1-hexanol, n-heptanol and n-hexanol, and kinetics of the oxidation of the alcohols by quaternary ammonium permanganate (tricaprylylmethylammonitimpernianganate). The oxidation of each alcohol by permanganate ion is found to be first order with respect to each of the reactants resulting in an overall second order rate expression