Application of electrometric technique in the kinetic study of iodination of cinnamaldehyde and furfuraldehyde with hydrated monopositive iodine

The kinetic study of the iodination of cinnamaldehyde and furfuraldehyde with hydrated monopositive iodine, produced by the interaction of aqueous I₂ solution and Ag⁺ at μ = 0.3 (NaClO₄) was followed potentiometrically by using platinum gauge and saturated calomel electrode assembly. The reactions are of the first order with respect to both the substrate concentration (cinnamaldehyde and furfuraldehyde). They are also first order with respect to hydrated monopositive iodine, the iodinating agent. The reactions are independent of [Ag⁺] and [H⁺] in the solution in which the reactions have been studied.