Kinetic characteristics of initiated oxidation of limonene

The kinetics of oxygen absorption .n the process of limonen (4-isopropenyl- l-methulcyclohex-1-ene) oxidation was studied in chlorobenzene solution at 40–80 °C. The values of the kinetic parameters of oxidation and the activation energy (38.1 kJ mol^–1) have been determined. The nonlinear dependence of the rate of the oxidation of limonene on its concentration has been established, The rate constants of the chain termination reactions were estimated by chemiluminescence techniques.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1676–1681, July, 1996.