Spin triplet (PNP)Co adds one CO according to a rate law first-order in each reagent with k = 9.3 × 105 M-1 s-1. In contrast, the transient produced by photodissociation of CO from (PNP)Rh(CO) forms, within 10 ns, the Rh(III) species [η4-tBu2PCH2SiMe2NSiMe2CH2PtBu(CMe2CH2)]RhH, and this adds CO with a second-order rate constant of 6 × 106 M-1 s-1. The resulting monocarbonyl then slowly (k = 3 × 101
自旋三重态 (
PNP)Co 根据 k = 9.3 × 105 M-1 s-1 的每个试剂中的一阶速率定律添加一个 CO。相比之下,CO 从 (
PNP)Rh(CO) 光解产生的瞬态在 10 ns 内形成 Rh(III) 物种 [η4-tBu2PCH2SiMe2NSiMe2CH2PtBu(CMe2CH2)]RhH,这以二阶速率添加 CO常数为 6 × 106 M-1 s-1。生成的单羰基然后缓慢地 (k = 3 × 101 s-1) 还原性地消除 H 和 C(sp3) 以重新形成 (
PNP)Rh(CO)。前两个速率常数支持三重态 (
PNP)Co 和单重态 (
PNP)Co(CO) 之间的自旋交叉导致速率抑制的想法。