Authors : Lovely Sharma; Ghanshyam Upadhyay; M. P. Sah

Volume/Issue : Volume 11 - 2026, Issue 9 - September

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/26sep1261

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Abstract : A kinetic investigation of the oxidation of fructose by Cerium(IV) in an aqueous sulphuric acid medium reveals that the reaction obeys first-order kinetics in both Ce(IV) and fructose. Increasing hydrogen ion concentration [H+] was found to lower the rate of reaction, and hydrogen sulphate ions likewise exert an inhibitory effect. The activation energy for the process has been determined, and a plausible mechanism is proposed in which Ce(IV) and fructose first combine to give an intermediate complex, whose slow decomposition constitutes the rate-determining step leading to the final products.

Keywords : Kinetics, Oxidation, Ce(IV), Fructose, Sulphuric Acid.

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