Alkylpentacyanocobalt nitroxide and primary alkyl nitroxide radical-anions
Abstract
Monomeric aliphatic nitroso-compounds react with {Co(CN)5}3– in aqueous/alcoholic solutions to give radical-anions {(NC)5Co–N(Alk)–O·}3– and/or (Alk–N–O–) which can be characterised by é.s.r.; they have lifetimes of the order of minutes.