Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 1984, 49, 2040-2044
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19842040

Oxidation of singlet substrates by dioxygen catalyzed by transition metal ions. Effect of temperature

Josef Vepřek-Šiška and Stanislav Luňák

Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 160 00 Prague 6

Abstract

The effect of temperature on singlet substrate oxidations by dioxygen has been examined for both non-catalyzed reactions and reactions catalyzed by transition metal ions. The kinetics are discussed for various activation energies of catalyzed and non-catalyzed reactions and for various catalyst concentrations. It is shown that at sufficiently high temperatures trace amounts of transition metal ions present in reaction systems as impurities may become effective in catalyzing singlet substrate oxidations.