Tetrahedron

Kinetics of the dirhodium tetraacetate catalyzed decomposition of ethyl diazoacetate in 1, 4-dioxane. Is nitrogen involved in the transition state?

ME Alonso, M del Carmen García

Index: Alonso, Miguel E.; Garcia, Maria del Carmen Tetrahedron, 1989 , vol. 45, # 1 p. 69 - 76

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Abstract

The rate of decomposition of ethyl diazoacetate (EDA) in 1, 4-dioxane under bis-( hexafluoroacetoacetonato) copper (II)(HFAC) and of dirhodium tetraacetate (DRTA) has been measured in the temperature range 332–352° K. While the copper catalyst promoted irregular and irreproducible decomposition of EDA in formal kinetic terms, DRTA promoted a smooth reaction that was first order in EDA. Apparent rate constants were in the range 3.0- ...