Abstract
AbstractThe kinetics of the reactions of the nitroprusside ion — pentacyanonitrosylferrate(II) — with various secondary amines have been studied in basic media. Two parallel reaction pathways are involved: (i) the reaction of the nitroprusside ion with hydroxyl ions to form Fe(CN)5NO4+2, in which NO−2 is then replaced by the amine; and (ii) the reaction of the nitroprusside ion with two molecules of amine to form the corresponding nitrosamine and the complex Fe(CN)5NHR3‐2. The corresponding rate equations have been obtained and explained by proposed reaction mechanisms. We propose a concerted mechanism for reaction (ii) in which the amine binds the nitrosyl group at the same time as the amine proton is removed by a base catalyst. The resulting nitrosamine complex subsequently undergoes substitution by the amine in a faster step.
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