Oxidation of diclofenac sodium by diperiodatoargantate(III) in aqueous alkaline medium and its determination in urine and blood by kinetic methods

The kinetics and oxidation of diclofenac sodium (DFS) by diperiodatoargentate(III) (DPA) in alkaline medium at 298 K and at a constant ionic strength of 0.60 mol dm^?3 were studied spectrophotometrically. The oxidation products were 2‐(2,6‐dicloro‐phynylamino)‐phenyl]‐methenol and Ag(I), identified by LC‐ESI‐MS and IR spectral studies. The reaction between DFS and DPA in alkaline medium exhibits 1:1 stoichiometry. The reaction is first order in DPA] and has a less than unit order dependence each in DFS] and alkali]. Increasing concentrations of IO^?₄ retard the reaction. The active species of DPA proposed to be monoperiodatoargentate(III), and a mechanism is suggested. The rate constants involved in the different steps of the mechanism were determined and are discussed. The activation parameters with respect to a rate‐limiting step of the mechanism were determined. The thermodynamic quantities were also determined. Using the oxidation of DFS by DPA, DFS was analyzed by kinetic methods in urine and blood sample. The proposed method enables DFS analysis in the range from 5.0 × 10^?5 to 5.0 × 10^?3 mol dm^?3. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 42: 336–346, 2010