KINETICS AND MECHANISM OF THE METHANOLYSIS OF ACETYLCOBALT TETRACARBONYL

Authors
SOVAGO J SISAK A UNGVARY F MARKO L
Citation
J. Sovago et al., KINETICS AND MECHANISM OF THE METHANOLYSIS OF ACETYLCOBALT TETRACARBONYL, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 227(2), 1994, pp. 297-300
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Inorganica Chimica Acta → ACNP
ISSN journal
00201693
Volume
227
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
297 - 300
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-1693(1994)227:2<297:KAMOTM>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
The rate of acetylcobalt tetracarbonyl methanolysis between 40 and 60 degrees C is first-order with respect to the acetylcobalt tetracarbony l concentration and independent of the carbon monoxide concentration. The reaction is susceptible to both acid and base catalysis. Nucleophi lic substitution of Co(CO)(4) on the acyl carbonyl-carbon by methanol is the most probable pathway.