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CHEMICAL SCIENCE
Volume 11, Issue 39, Pages 10729-10736Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d0sc04229c
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- U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Catalysis Science Program [DE-SC0019179]
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-SC0019179] Funding Source: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
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The reactivity of the terminal zirconium(iv) oxo complex, OZr(MesNP(i)Pr(2))(3)(CoCNBu)-Bu-t (2), is explored, revealing unique redox activity imparted by the pendent redox active cobalt(i) center. Oxo complex2can be chemically reduced using Na/Hg or Ph(3)C(center dot)to afford the Zr-IV/Co(0)complexes [(mu-Na)OZr(MesNP(i)Pr(2))(3)(CoCNBu)-Bu-t](2)(3) and Ph3COZr(MesNP(i)Pr(2))(3)(CoCNBu)-Bu-t (4), respectively. Based on the cyclic voltammogram of2, Ph-3 should not be sufficiently reducing to achieve the chemical reduction of2, but sufficient driving force for the reaction is provided by the nucleophilicity of the terminal oxo fragment and its affinity to bind Ph3C+. Accordingly,2reacts readily with [Ph3C][BPh4] and Ph3CCl to afford [Ph3COZr(MesNP(i)Pr(2))(3)(CoCNBu)-Bu-t][BPh4] ([5][BPh4]) and Ph3COZr(MesNP(i)Pr(2))(3)CoCl (6), respectively. The chemical oxidation of2is also investigated, revealing that oxidation of2is accompanied by immediate hydrogen atom abstraction to afford the hydroxide complex [HOZr(MesNP(i)Pr(2))(3)(CoCNBu)-Bu-t](+)([9](+)). Thus it is posited that the transient [OZr(MesNP(i)Pr(2))(3)(CoCNBu)-Bu-t](+)[2](+)cation generated upon oxidation combines the basicity of a nucleophilic early metal oxo fragment with the oxidizing power of the appended cobalt center to facilitate H-atom abstraction.
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