TRIS(IMIDAZOLE)-CONTAINING PHOSPHINE:M(2+) COMPLEXES AS BIOMIMETIC CATALYSTS. IMPORTANCE OF A L:M(2+)-OH(1-) IN THE CATALYZED BIMOLECULAR HYDROLYSIS OF P-NITROPHENYL PICOLINATE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00330a031

A series of tris(imidazole)-containing phosphines were prepared and their M(2+) complexes studied as biomimetic catalysts for the hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl picolinate.Triimidazol-2-ylphosphine (3) and tris<4(5)-(hydroxyethyl)imidazol-2-yl>phosphine (4)