The reactivity of co-ordinated carbonate. Part I. Exchange of oxygen atoms between carbonatotetra-amminecobalt(III) and [18O]water
Abstract
The exchange of oxygen atoms between carbonatotetra-amminecobalt(III) cation and solvent water has been studied, using the oxygen-18 isotope. All three oxygen atoms of the co-ordinated carbonate group appear to exchange at the same rate, and this is interpreted in terms of a reversible one-ended dissociation reaction.