Mechanistic studies of oxidation of maltose and lactose by [H2OBr]+ in presence of chloro-complex of Rh(III) as homogeneous catalyst

Kinetics and mechanism of oxidation of maltose and lactose, by N-bromoacetamide in presence of perchloric acid using chloro-complex of Rh(III) as homogeneous catalyst, have been studied. The proposed reaction scheme-1 includes the formation of most reactive activated complex, [RhCl4(H3O)H2OBr]+, and an unreactive complex, [RhCl4(H2O)(H2OBrHg)]2+ as