p-Xylene autoxidation studies. Oxidation of cobalt(II) and manganese(II) acetates by peracids

Abstract

The stoicheiometric oxidations of both cobalt(II) and manganese(II) acetates in aqueous acetic acid by m-chloroperbenzoic acid are non-free radical processes, the former proceeding via a peracid·Co^II ₂ complex to give an active form of cobalt(III) which rearranges to a more stable form, and the latter proceeding in an autocatalytic fashion via a peracid·Mn^III ₂ complex to give, in the presence of excess peracid, manganese(IV).