Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Departamento de Química. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Bellaterra. 08193-Barcelona. Spain. ... A mechanistic study on the alkylation of pentane-2,4-dione through its Co(II) complex has shown that a non radical chain mechanism initiated by an electron ...