Kinetic and Mechanistic Study of Oxidation of 3-Methyl-2-Butanone by Isoquinolinium Bromochromate

Abstract

The investigated 3-methyl-2-butanone, is a aliphatic ketone, shows the phenomenon of tautomerism at equilibrium and exhibited a variety of chemical reactions with different oxidizing reagents such as SeO2 [1] , NBSA 2 , acid-bromate 3 , [Fe (CN) 4] [3-4] etc. The study of such reaction is of great significance and of interest because of its vast implication in understanding the nature of chemical processes involved.