Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol.112, No.50, 12769-12771, 2008
Reduction of Ethylene by Ni-I(cyclam)(+) in Aqueous Solutions
Ni-I(1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane)(+) reduces ethylene quantitatively to ethane plus butane (and hexane traces) in neutral aqueous solutions. A radical mechanism is proposed.