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Mechanistic Study of Shiff Base Release from Bis(N-alkylsalicylaldiminato)nickel(II) in Acetonitrile
Carbonaro, Laura,Giacomelli, Ambrogio,Isola, Mauro,Senatore, Lucio
, p. 41 - 46 (1992)
The reactionof bis(N-phenylsalicylaldiminato)nickel(II) and ammonium or ammonium-like ions has been studied kinetically in acetonitrile solution.The general features of the release of N-phenylsalicylaldimine were investigated.Attempts have been made to assign the observed reaction rates to different species existing in solution.The results show that the protonablegroups of the Shiff basr are involved in an acid-base equilibrium with ammonium ions, in a complex stepwise reaction mechanism.The equilibria also involve stereoisomeric nickel complexes, the free metal ion and the free ligand.The elimination of the first Schiff base shows a rate increase with increasing acidity of the ammonium ions, which can be correlated with their pKa values.The reaction with NHEt3+ is approximately three-fold slower than with NH3Et+, presumably because of steric hindrance.The formation of diphenyl(N-phenylsalicylaldiminato)boron, from the nickel complex and anilinium tetraphenylborate is also briefly discussed.
