Sa. Mitchenko et al., KINETICS AND MECHANISM OF DECOMPOSITION OF THE BETA-AMMONIUM ETHYL COMPLEX OF PT(IV) IN AQUEOUS IODIDE SOLUTIONS, Kinetics and catalysis, 38(5), 1997, pp. 609-612
The stage mechanism of the new decomposition reaction of the beta-ammo
nium ethyl complex of platinum(IV) K[Pt(CH2CH2NH3+)Cl-5] with the libe
ration of ethylene in the Pt(II)-NaI-H2O-phosphate buffer system at 80
degrees C is studied. The complementary reduction of the beta-ammoniu
m ethyl complex of Pt(IV) to the corresponding derivative of Pt(II) is
found to precede ethylene evolution.