rates of bromination reactions of pyruvic acids are independent of the concentration of bromine and the order of reactivity toward bromination is (DPA1, DPA2) Ͼ BrPA Ͼ PA. Experimental results are rationalized.

In a stirred batch experiment and under aerobic conditions, ferroin (Fe(phen)l+) behaves differently from Ce(III) or Mn(H) ion as a catalyst for the Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction with allylmalonic acid (AMA). The effects of bromate ion, AMA, metal-ion catalyst, and sulfuric acid on the oscillating pattern were investigated. The kinetics of the reaction of AMA with Ce(IV), Mn(III), or Fe(phen)33+ion was studied under aerobic or anaerobic conditions. The order of reactivity of metal ions toward reaction with AMA is Fe(phen)33+ > Mn (III) > Ce(IV) under aerobic conditions whereas it is Mn(III) > Ce(IV) > Fe/phenjr" under anaerobic conditions. Under aerobic or anaerobic conditions, the order of reactivity of RCH(C02H)2 (R = H (MA), Me (MeMA), Et (EtMA), allyl (AMA), n-Bu (BuMA), Ph (PhMA), and Br (BrMA)) is PhMA > MA > BrMA > AMA > MeMA > EtMA > BuMA toward reaction with Ce(IV) ion and it is MA > PhMA > BrMA > MeMA > AMA > EtMA > BuMA toward reaction with Mn(III) ion. Under aerobic conditions, the order of reactivity of RCH(C0 2H)2 toward reaction with Fe(phen)33+ ion is PhMA > BrMA > (MeMA, AMA) > (BuMA, EtMA) > MA. The experiment results are rationalized.433