Oxidative deamination of the alanine ligand by air oxygen in stereochemically inert bis-(N-salicylidenealaninato)cobaltate(III) complexes
Abstract
The optically active potassium Λ(SS)-bis-(N-salicylidenealaninato)cobaltate(III)(I) is oxidised by air in water at pH 11·0 to a mixture of the Λ(SS)-,Λ(RR)-, and Λ(SR)-diastereoisomers of the α-hydroxy-alaninatocobaltate.