Iodinolysis of the cobalt-carbon bond in trans-bis(dimethylglyoximato)alkyl(4-cyanopyridine)cobalt(III) complexes: evidence for a bimolecular oxidative mechanism

The iodinolysis of 4CNpyCo(DH) 2 R (4CNpy=4-cyanopyridine; R=CH 3 , CH 2 CH 3 , CH 2 CH 2 CH 3 , CH-(CH 3 ) 2 , CH 2 C 6 H 5 , CH 2 CF 3 ) in benzene solution is first-order with respect to both the concentration of organocobalt-(III) complex and iodine