The Kinetic, thermodynamic and mechanistic study of benzylpiperazine oxidation by chloramine-T in Aqueous
Medium has been studied at 303K. The oxidation products were identified and reaction stoichiometry was determined. A first
order dependence on oxidant, fractional order on substrate and inverse fractional order on [H+
] of rate was observed. The
dielectric constant has a slight negative effect. Involvement of non ionic species in rate determining step was indicated by
unchanged rate with ionic strength. Thermodynamic parameters were computed by performing the kinetic runs at different
temperature and a mechanism consistent with observed parameters is proposed. Rate law is derived.
