ABSTRACT
The ozonolysis of oxygen-containing compounds is a promising process that takes place under mild conditions and yields compounds of a higher oxidation state than that of the starting compounds. It may fi nd various applications in chemical and pharmaceuticals industries, fi ne organic synthesis, etc. [1-2]. The widest application, in this respect, has been found for the oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols respectively into their corresponding aldehydes and ketones. For example in the cases of the oxidation of open-chain (simple) and cyclic secondary alcohols the yield of ketones is within the range 57% up to 83% [3]. Moreover, the considered interactions are extremely important from an ecological point of view for the utilization and purifi cation of industrial wastewaters, originating from hydroxybenzene production, through their partial or complete oxidation [4-24]. The importance of this process for theory and practice gave us an impetus to carry out systematic investigations [25-35]. The aim of the present paper is the precise determination of the rate constants of ozonolysis of some more widely occurring representatives of the studied classes of organic compounds. Applying the activated complex method (ACT) [36] and collision theory (CT) [36] some theoretical investigations have also been carried out elucidating the structure of the transition state formed in the course of the reaction. On the basis of the correlation between the results from the experimental and theoretical studies some peculiarities in the mechanism of ozone reactions with the considered classes of oxygen containing compounds have been established.
