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A mononuclear cobalt(iii) complex and its catecholase activity

Abstract

The structural analysis of a cobalt(III) complex [Co(HL)2](OAc)·H2O (1) [H2L = N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-3-methoxysalicylaldimine] reveals a tridentate chelation behaviour of the ligand H2L having a distorted octahedral coordination environment around the cobalt(III) center with a CoN2O4 chromophore. 1 behaves as an effective catalyst towards the oxidation of 3,5-di-tert-butylcatechol in different solvents, viz. dichloromethane (DCM), methanol (MeOH) and acetonitrile (MeCN) to its corresponding quinone derivative in aerial oxygen. The reaction follows Michaelis–Menten enzymatic reaction kinetics with turnover numbers (Kcat), 1.46 × 103, 1.21 × 103 and 2.16 × 103 h−1 in DCM, MeOH and MeCN, respectively.

Graphical abstract: A mononuclear cobalt(iii) complex and its catecholase activity

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
16 Sep 2014
Accepted
01 Oct 2014
First published
02 Oct 2014

New J. Chem., 2015,39, 200-205

Author version available

A mononuclear cobalt(III) complex and its catecholase activity

M. Mitra, P. Raghavaiah and R. Ghosh, New J. Chem., 2015, 39, 200 DOI: 10.1039/C4NJ01587H

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