ChemInform Abstract: Effect of Nitrilotriacetate on the Mechanism of Reduction of Copper(II) Ions by α‐Hydroxyalkyl Free Radicals via Complexes with Copper‐Carbon Bonds as Intermediates. A Pulse‐Radiolytic Study.

Abstract

The α‐hydroxy free radicals (II) react with the Cu(II) complex (I) in aqueous solutions to form the unstable intermediates (LCu‐CR1R2OH)‐ or (LCu‐CH2O)2‐. These Cu(III) intermediates do not decompose via a first‐order process but by reduction of another complex (I).