Kinetics of oxidation ofcis-, andtrans-chlorobis(ethylenediamine)isothiocyanatocobalt(III)ion with peroxodisulphate in aqueous alcoholic mixtures

Summary The effect of organic cosolvent on the rate constants and activation parameters of oxidation of coordinativelybound thiocyanate with peroxodisulphate was investigated in mixtures of water with methanol,i-propanol andt-butanol. The thermodynamic transfer functions, corresponding to the transfer of reactants and activated complex from water to the solvent mixtures were evaluated from kinetic measurements and from the solubilities of corresponding salts. The experimental results are interpreted in terms of the solvation of both the initial state and the activated complex.