Thermodynamics of the Reversible Oxygenation of N,N-Ethylene bis (Salicylideneiminato) Cobalt(II) in Pyridine

INTEREST in the reversible reaction of molecular oxygen with certain chelates of transition metals has recently grown, especially in those synthetic carriers which form one-to-one adducts1-6, because these compounds may be thought of as simple models for the reversible oxygenation of haemproteins.