Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Reactivity of {CoNO}⁸ PCP Pincer Complexes.

ABSTRACT: The reaction of coordinatively unsaturated Co(II) PCP pincer complexes with nitric oxide leads to the formation of new, air-stable, diamagnetic mono nitrosyl compounds. The synthesis and characterization of five- and four-coordinate Co(III) and Co(I) nitrosyl pincer complexes based on three different ligand scaffolds is described. Passing NO through a solution of [Co(PCP^NMe-iPr)Cl], [Co(PCP^O-iPr)Cl] or [Co(PCP^CH2-iPr)Br] led to the formation of the low-spin complex [Co(PCP-iPr)(NO)X] with a strongly bent NO ligand. Treatment of the latter species with (X = Cl, Br) AgBF₄ led to chloride abstraction and formation of cationic square-planar Co(I) complexes of the type [Co(PCP-iPr)(NO)]⁺ featuring a linear

SUBMITTER: Pecak J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7388324 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature