Volume 127, Issue 43 pp. 12831-12835
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A Two-Coordinate Cobalt(II) Imido Complex with NHC Ligation: Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity

Jingzhen Du

Jingzhen Du

State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai, 200032 (P.R. China) http://dengliang.sioc.ac.cn/

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Linbo Wang

Linbo Wang

State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai, 200032 (P.R. China) http://dengliang.sioc.ac.cn/

Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecular Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui, 241000 (P.R. China)

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Prof. Dr. Meihua Xie

Prof. Dr. Meihua Xie

Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecular Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui, 241000 (P.R. China)

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Prof. Dr. Liang Deng

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Liang Deng

State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai, 200032 (P.R. China) http://dengliang.sioc.ac.cn/

State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai, 200032 (P.R. China) http://dengliang.sioc.ac.cn/Search for more papers by this author
First published: 31 August 2015
Citations: 20

Abstract

The synthesis, structural characterization, and reactivity of the first two-coordinate cobalt complex featuring a metal–element multiple bond [(IPr)Co(NDmp)] (4; IPr=1,3-bis(2′,6′-diisopropylphenyl)imidazole-2-ylidene; Dmp=2,6-dimesitylphenyl) is reported. Complex 4 was prepared from the reaction of [(IPr)Co(η2-vtms)2] (vtms=vinyltrimethylsilane) with DmpN3. An X-ray diffraction study revealed its linear CCoN core and a short CoN distance (1.691(6) Å). Spectroscopic characterization and calculation studies indicated the high-spin nature of 4 and the multiple-bond character of the CoN bond. Complex 4 effected group-transfer reactions to CO and ethylene to form isocyanide and imine, respectively. It also facilitated EH (E=C, Si) σ-bond activation of terminal alkyne and hydrosilanes to produce the corresponding cobalt(II) alkynyl and cobalt(II) hydride complexes as 1,2-addition products.

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