JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, no.9, pp.950-956, 2005 (SCI-Expanded)
Substituent effects on the rate of electrophilic amination of phenylmagnesiurn bromides, magnesium dipherylcuprates and catalytic phenylzinc cyanocuprates with O-methyhydroxylamine in THF were investigated in a competitive kinetic study. Rate data and Hammett substituent constants are discussed on the basis of proposed mechanisms for the substitution reactions of these organometallics with an electrophilic amino transfer reagent. Copyright (c) 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.