R. Dreos et al., SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND REACTIVITY OF A NEW MONONUCLEAR BENZYL-COBALT COMPLEX CONTAINING MIXED TRIDENTATE IMINO-OXIME AND DIAMINE LIGANDS, Organometallics, 17(11), 1998, pp. 2366-2369
The complex [C6H5CH2Co(L)(LR)]ClO4 (3), where L = 2-((2-pyridylethyl)i
mino)-3-butanone oximato and LR = 2-((2-pyridylethyl)amino)-3-aminobut
ane has been prepared by reduction, with NaBH4 of the complex [Co-III(
L)(2)]ClO4, followed by addition of C6H5CH2Cl. The compounds was chara
cterized in the solid state by X-ray analysis. The complex undergoes C
o-C homolytic cleavage under acidic conditions, giving dibenzyl under
a nitrogen atmosphere and benzaldehyde in the presence of air.