THE INFLUENCE OF THE SUBSTITUENT AND RING SIZE ON THE KINETIC AND THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS OF TEMPLATE SYNTHESIS AND DECOMPOSITION REACTIONS OF CLATHROCHELATE ALKYL-CONTAINING AND ARYLBORON-CONTAINING IRON(II)TRIS-DIOXIMATES

Kinetics and thermodynamics of synthesis and decomposition reaction of the macrobicyclic phenyl- and n-butylboron-containing iron(II) 4-meth ylcyclohexanedione-l,2-dioximates and cycloheptaoedione-1,2-dioximates have been studied in diluted solutions photometrically. The dramatic effect of the ring size on the synthesis rate has been observed and di scussed as well as the influence of methyl substituent in cyclohexane ring on the decomposition reaction rate constants.