Title

Metal-Catalyzed Intramolecular Hydrolysis of Phosphate Esters

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-5-1995

Description

A tridentate water-soluble phosphotriester ligand has been synthesized. Kinetics studies have shown that divalent metal ions dramatically enhance the rate of hydrolysis of such phosphotriester at 25 °C and pH 8.0 via intramolecular nucleophilic attack by a metal bound hydroxide.

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