Volume 55, Issue 51 pp. 15821-15825
Communication

Co6H8(PiPr3)6: A Cobalt Octahedron with Face-Capping Hydrides

Prof. Yasuhiro Ohki

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Prof. Yasuhiro Ohki

Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8602 Japan

PRESTO, Japan, Science and Technology Agency (JST), 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012 Japan

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Yuki Shimizu

Yuki Shimizu

Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8602 Japan

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Ryoichi Araake

Ryoichi Araake

Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8602 Japan

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Prof. Mizuki Tada

Prof. Mizuki Tada

Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8602 Japan

Research Center for Materials Science (RCMS) & Integrated Research Consortium on Chemical Sciences (IRCCS), Nagoya University, Japan

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Prof. W. M. C. Sameera

Prof. W. M. C. Sameera

Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810 Japan

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Prof. Jun-Ichi Ito

Prof. Jun-Ichi Ito

Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan

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Prof. Hisao Nishiyama

Prof. Hisao Nishiyama

Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan

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First published: 16 November 2016
Citations: 30

Graphical Abstract

Reactive cobalt clusters: The octahedral Co6–hydride cluster Co6H8(PiPr3)6 and the square-planar Co4 cluster Co4{N(SiMe3)2}4 were synthesized from the reactions of a CoII amide complex with pinacolborane in the presence and absence of PiPr3, respectively. The Co6–hydride cluster catalyzes the conjugate hydrosilylation of 2-cyclohexen-1-one.

Abstract

A square-planar Co4 amide cluster, Co4{N(SiMe3)2}4 (2), and an octahedral Co6 hydride cluster, Co6H8(PiPr3)6 (4), were obtained from metathesis-type amide to hydride exchange reactions of a CoII amide complex with pinacolborane (HBpin) in the absence/presence of PiPr3. The crystal structure of 4 revealed face-capping hydrides on each triangular [Co3] face, while the formal CoII2CoI4 oxidation state of 4 indicated a reduction of the cobalt centers during the assembly process. Cluster 4 catalyzes the hydrosilylation of 2-cyclohexen-1-one favoring the conjugate reduction. Generation of the catalytically reactive Co cluster species was indicated by a trapping experiment with a chiral chelating agent.

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