Jm. Pratt et al., METHYL TRANSFER FROM NITROGEN TO COBALT - MODEL FOR THE B-12-DEPENDENT METHYL TRANSFER ENZYMES, Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (11), 1994, pp. 1333-1334
The Co atom can be methylated by reaction of the Co-I cobalamin with t
he PhNMe(3+) ion in aqueous solution at 25 degrees C at a pH-independe
nt rate (pH 4-10) with the second-order rate constant k(2) = 2 x 10(-3
) dm(3) mol(-1) s(-1).