“…In the recent development, N-halo compounds are the source of positive halogen and have been exploited as oxidant for a variety of substrates in both acidic and alkaline media. The various N-halo compounds extensively used as reagents in organic chemistry are Nbromophthalimide 3 , N-bromoacetamide 4 , N-chloroacetamide 5 , N-chlorobenzenesulphonamide 6 , N-bromobenzenesulphonamide 7 , N-chlorobenzamide 8 , N-bromobenzamide 9 , N-chloro-ptoluensulphonamide 10 , N-chloronicotinamide 11 , N-chlorosuccinimide 12 , Nbromosaccharin 13 , N-bromo-3,5-dinitrobenzamide 14 , N-chlorosaccharin 15 , Nbromosuccinimide 16 and N-bromoanisamide 17 . Although a lot of works have been reported on the oxidation of organic compounds by N-halo compounds, it is to be noted that no systematic kinetic investigation on the oxidation of 4-oxo-4-phenylbutanoic acid by Nbromoanisamide has yet been reported in the literature.…”