On the reactions of methyl radicals with nitrilotris(methylenephosphonic-acid) complexes in aqueous solutions

Guy Yardeni, Dan Meyerstein, Lioubov Kats, Haim Cohen, Israel Zilbermann, Eric Maimon

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Abstract

The reactions of methyl radicals with MII-(ntp)(H2O)2 complexes were studied. The formation of an unstable intermediate (ntp)(H2O)MIII-CH3 is observed. This reaction is an equilibrium process, i.e. the MIII-C bond decomposes via homolysis. The (ntp)(H2O)MIII-CH3 complexes isomerize to a more stable form. The results compared to those obtained in analogous reactions of the MII-(nta)(H2O)2 complexes were shown to be similar with one exception–for the nta complexes no isomerization process is observed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3445-3457
Number of pages13
JournalJournal of Coordination Chemistry
Volume72
Issue number22-24
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Dec 2019

Keywords

  • methyl radical
  • ntp complexes
  • pulse-radiolysis

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