ISSN 1017-2548(Print)
ISSN 2234-8530(Online)
Volume 39, Number 1
JKCSEZ 39(1)
February 20, 1995 

The rates for the oxidation reaction of l-ascorbic acid by Cu(Ⅱ)-polyamine complexes were measured by Onish's method at the pH 4.6. The oxidation process of l-ascorbic acid is proposed to occur by the inner-sphere mechanism that involves the formation of a Cu(Ⅱ)-ascorbic acid complex and electron transfer at the rate-determining step.