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Stabilization of a Cobalt-Cobalt Bond by Two Cyclic Alkyl Amino Carbenes

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Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136 (5): 1770--1773 (2014)
DOI: 10.1021/ja4123285

Abstract

(Me2-cAAC:)2Co2 (2, where Me2-cAAC: = cyclic alkyl amino carbene, :C(CH2)(CMe2)2N-2,6-iPr2C6H3) was synthesized via the redn. of precursor (Me2-cAAC:CoII(m-Cl)Cl)2 (1) with KC8. 2 Contains two Co atoms in the formal oxidn. state zero. Magnetic measurement revealed that 2 has a singlet spin ground state S = 0. The cyclic voltammogram of 2 exhibits both 1-electron oxidn. and redn., indicating the possible synthesis of stable species contg. 2.bul.- and 2.bul.+ ions. The latter was synthesized via redn. of 1 with required equiv. of KC8 and characterized as (Me2-cAAC:)2Co2.bul.+OTf- (2.bul.+OTf-). ESR spectroscopy of 2.bul.+ reveals the coupling of the electron spin with 2 equiv 59Co isotopes, leading to a (Co0.5)2 state. The exptl. Co1-Co2 bond distances are 2.6550(6) and 2.4610(6) \AA for 2 and 2.bul.+OTf-, resp. Theor. study revealed that both 2 and 2.bul.+OTf- possess a Co-Co bond with an av. value of 2.585 \AA. A slight increase of the Co-Co bond length in 2 is more likely to be caused by the strong p-accepting property of cAAC. 2.bul.+ Is only 0.8 kcal/mol higher in energy than the energy min. The shortening of the Co-Co bond of 2.bul.+ is caused by intermol. interactions. on SciFinder(R)

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