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Contribution from Ames Laboratory and the Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 5001 1
Oxidative Homolysis of Pentaaquoorganochromium(111) Cations Induced by Macrocyclic Nickel( 111) Complexes Tetsuo Katsuyama,' Andreja Bakac,* and James H. Espenson* Received June 29, 1988 The Ni(II1) complexes Ni(~yclam)~+ and Ni( [9]aneN3)?' oxidize the pentaaquoorganochromium(II1) complexes (H20)5CrR2' to Cr" and olefins or alcohols. The rate constants for the oxidation by Ni(cyclam)" have values