1186
J Solution Chem (2010) 39: 1178–1186
7. Hoddenbagh, J.M.A., Macartney, D.H.: Kinetics of the oxidation of ascorbic acid and substituted 1,2-
and 1,4-dihyroxybenzenes by the hexacyanoruthenate(III) ion in acidic perchlorate media. J. Chem. Soc.
Dalton Trans. 615–620 (1990)
8. Lam, W.W.Y., Lee, M.F.W., Lau, T.C.: Kinetics and mechanism of the oxidation of hydroquinones by a
trans-dioxoruthenium(VI) complex. Inorg. Chem. 45, 315–321 (2006)
9. Binstead, R.A., McGuire, M.E., Dovletoglou, A., Seok, W.K., Roecker, L.E., Meyer, T.J.: Oxidation
of hydroquinones by ruthenium complexes, proton-coupled electron transfer. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 114,
173–186 (1992)
10. Kustin, K., Liu, S.T., Nicolini, C., Toppen, D.L.: Interaction of catechol and catechol derivatives with
dioxovanadium(V). I. Kinetics of complex formation in acidic media. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 96, 7410–7415
(1974)
11. Kamau, P., Jordan, R.B.: Kinetic study of the oxidation of catechol by aqueous copper(II). Inorg. Chem.
41, 3076–3083 (2002)
12. Bhattacharyya, J., Mukhopadhyay, S.: Mechanistic studies on the oxidation of hydroquinone by an oxo-
bridged diiron(III,III) complex in weakly acidic aqueous media. Transition Met. Chem. 31, 256–261
(2006)
13. Kajigaeshi, S., Kakinami, T., Okamoto, T., Fujisaki, S.: Synthesis of bromoacetyl derivatives by use of
tetrabutylammonium tribromide. Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 60, 1159–1160 (1987)
14. Mondal, E., Bose, G., Khan, A.T.: An expedient and efficient method for the cleavage of dithioacetals to
the corresponding carbonyl compounds using organic ammonium tribromide (OATB). Synlett 6, 785–
786 (2001)
15. Zende, S.N., Kalantre, V.A., Gokavi, G.S.: Oxidation of dimethyl and diphenyl sulfoxides by tetrabuty-
lammonium tribromide. J. Sulfur Chem. 29, 171–178 (2008)
16. Kalantre, V.A., Mardur, S.P., Gokavi, G.S.: Oxidation of vanadium (IV) by tetrabutylammonium tribro-
mide. Transition Met. Chem. 32, 214–218 (2007)
17. Baghmar, M., Sharma, P.K.: Kinetics and mechanism of oxidation of aliphatic alcohols by tetrabutylam-
monium tribromide. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. Chem. Sci. 113, 138–146 (2001)
18. Gosain, J., Sharma, P.K.: Kinetics and mechanism of oxidation of some vicinal and non-vicinal diols by
tetrabutylammonium tribromide. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. Chem. Sci. 115, 135–145 (2003)
19. Vogel, A.I.: Practical Organic Chemistry, 4th edn. Longman, Harlow (1978), p. 788
20. Lurie, J.: Handbook of Analytical Chemistry, p. 301. Mir, Moscow (1975)
21. Beitz, T., Bechmann, W., Mitzner, R.: Investigation of reactions of selected azaarenes with radicals in
water. 2. Chlorine and bromine radicals. J. Phys. Chem. A 102, 6766–6771 (1998)
22. Wong, S.K., Sytnyk, W., Wan, J.K.S.: Electron spin resonance study of the self-disproportionation of
some semiquinone radicals in solution. Can. J. Chem. 50, 3052–3057 (1972)
23. Grunwald, E., Winstein, S.: The correlation of solvolysis rates. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 70, 846–854 (1948)