Issue 20, 2021

Reactivity of a T-shaped cobalt(i) pincer-complex

Abstract

The reactivity of a paramagnetic T-shaped cobalt(I) complex, [(iPrboxmi)Co], stabilised by a monoanionic bis(oxazolinylmethylidene)-isoindolate (boxmi) NNN pincer ligand is described. The exposure to carbon monoxide as an additional neutral ligand resulted in the square-planar species [(iPrboxmi)Co(CO)], accompanied by a change in the electronic spin state from S = 1 to S = 0. In contrast, upon treatment with trimethylphosphine the formation of the distorted tetrahedral complex [(iPrboxmi)Co(PMe3)] was observed (S = 1). Reacting [(iPrboxmi)Co] with iodine (I2), organic peroxides (tBu2O2, (SiMe3)2O2) and diphenyldisulphide (Ph2S2) yielded the tetracoordinated complexes [(iPrboxmi)CoI], [(iPrboxmi)Co(OtBu)], [(iPrboxmi)Co(OSiMe3)] and [(iPrboxmi)Co(SPh)], respectively, demonstrating the capability of the boxmi-supported cobalt(I) complex to homolytically cleave bonds and thus its distinct one-electron reactivity. Furthermore, a square-planar cobalt(II) alkynyl complex [(iPrboxmi)Co(CCArF)] was identified as the main product in the reaction between [(iPrboxmi)Co] and a terminal alkyne, 4-fluoro-1-ethynylbenzene. Putting such species in the context of the previously investigated hydroboration catalysis, its stoichiometric reaction with pinacolborane revealed its potential conversion into a cobalt(II) hydride complex, thus confirming its original attribution as off-cycle species.

Graphical abstract: Reactivity of a T-shaped cobalt(i) pincer-complex

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 jan 2021
Accepted
24 mar 2021
First published
24 mar 2021

Dalton Trans., 2021,50, 6802-6810

Reactivity of a T-shaped cobalt(I) pincer-complex

R. Matveeva, C. K. Blasius, H. Wadepohl and L. H. Gade, Dalton Trans., 2021, 50, 6802 DOI: 10.1039/D1DT00277E

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