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Abstract
The cobalt µ-peroxo complex viz bis-(ethylenediamine)bis-(diethylenetriamine)µ-peroxodicobalt(III)perchlorate has been prepared by proper method and characterization of the prepared complex was done by FTIR and electronic spectroscopy. Potentiometric method has been employed to determine the rate of the reaction. First order kinetics was observed with respect to the effect of complex and the effect of acid concentration. The order with respect to the substrate concentration was found to be zero. The effect of added salt concentration was found to be negligible. Acrylamide test verified the absence of free radical formation. Arrhenius and thermodynamic parameters had been calculated from the effect of temperature on the reaction rate. A probable mechanism is proposed based on the experimental results which considered this kinetic approach as a biomimic of a model system.