Effect of substituents on amine N-oxides on the rates of O-atom transfer to metal carbonyls

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(91)86227-H

The kinetics of CO substitution in Cr(CO)6 to afford Cr(C)5PPh3 in the presence of different allyl amine N-oxides, R3NO, and aryl amine N-oxides, (p-X-C6H4)(CH3)2NO, are reported, Within each type of amine N-oxide, the rates of reaction increase with incr