Mononuclear complexes of a tridentate redox-active ligand with sulfonamido groups: structure, properties, and reactivity.

ABSTRACT: The design of molecular complexes of earth-abundant first-row transition metals that can catalyze multi-electron C-H bond activation processes is of interest for achieving efficient, low-cost syntheses of target molecules. To overcome the propensity of these metals to perform single-electron processes, redox-active ligands have been utilized to provide additional electron equivalents. Herein, we report the synthesis of a novel redox active ligand, [ibaps]^3-, which binds to transition metals such as Fe^II and Co^II in a meridional fashion through the three anionic nitrogen atoms and provides additional coordination sites for other ligands. In this study, the neutral bidentate ligand 2,2'-bipyridine (bpy) was used to complete the coordination spheres of the met

SUBMITTER: Cook SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6115676 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature