The Cause for Tremendous Acceleration of Chloride Substitution via Base Catalysis in the Chloro Pentaammine Cobalt(III) Ion

The Cause for Tremendous Acceleration of Chloride Substitution via Base Catalysis in the Chloro Pentaammine Cobalt(III) Ion:

Inorganic Chemistry DOI: 10.1021/ic102034n

Although only theory, the mechanism is of importance to our group related to transfer hydrogenation and stabilization of unsaturation by pi-donors