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The chemistry of vitamin B12. Part 26. Co-ordination of the malonitrile anion by CoIII corrinoids: First experimental determination of equilibrium constants for the co-ordination of a tetrahedral carbanion by a transition-metal ion

  • Eric A. Betterton
  • , Susan M. Chemaly
  • , John M. Pratt

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    Abstract

    Equilibrium constants for the substitution of co-ordinated H2O by the malonitrile anion, CH(CN)2-, in the CoIII corrinoids aquocobalamin and diaquocobinamide have been determined in aqueous solution at 25 °C as log K(dm3 mol-1) = 7.4 and ca. 11.5 respectively.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)1619-1622
    Number of pages4
    JournalJournal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions
    Issue number8
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 1985

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Chemistry

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