Oxygen initiated unprecedented condensation of propargylamine into the 1,3-di(propargylimino)propylateanion coordinated to cobalt(iii)
Abstract
Condensation of coordinated propargylamine into the unprecedented 1,3-di(propargylimino)propylateanion, an analogue of the acetylacetonate anion, is initiated by dioxygen in the Co(II) polymeric trimethylacetate complex/NH2CH2CCH system; molecular structures of the intermediate complex, Co(O2CCMe3)2(H2NCH2 CCH)4 and final product Co(O2CCMe3)2(NH2CH2 CCH)2[N,N′-(HCCCH 2NCHCHCHNCH2CCH)] were established by X-ray analysis.