title: Oximate metal complexes breaking the limiting esterolytic reactivity of oximate anions.
abstract: Zinc(II) and cadmium(II) complexes of a tridentate oximate ligand cleave 4-nitrophenyl acetate with rate constants surpassing by two orders of magnitude those reported as the maximum possible level for highly basic free oximate anions as a result of removal of the "solvational imbalance" of the nucleophile by metal coordination.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Química, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gómez-Tagle
authors.forename: José Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lugo-González
authors.forename: Anatoly K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Yatsimirsky