Nitrosoalkylureas with a quaternary nitrogen. 7. Quantitative relation between decomposition rate and structure of nitrosoalkylureas derived from alkylammonium salts

Conclusions The decomposition rate of the dialkyl-substituted methyl- and cyclohexylnitrosoureas correlates well with the charge on N that does not carry the nitroso group, as calculated by CNDO/2. Here the cyclohexyl residue has a greater destabilizing effect than does the methyl radical.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 798–800, April, 1989.