For an earlier indication of an acid dependency for this reaction, see E. A. Deutsch, Ph.D. Thesis, Stanford University, 1967. (4) See, for example: (a) H. Taube and E. S. Gould, Acc. Chem. Res., 2, 321 (1969); (b) A. Liang and E. S. Gould, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 92, 6791 1970). ( 5) Evidence that inner-sphere reduction of carboxylatocobalt(III) derivatives involves attack at the carbonyl oxygen has been summarized by K. L.