Unusual activation of H2 by reduced cobalt complexes supported by a PNP pincer ligand

Sergio S Rozenel; Rosa Padilla; Clément Camp; John Arnold

doi:10.1039/c3cc46018e

Unusual activation of H2 by reduced cobalt complexes supported by a PNP pincer ligand

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Mar 11;50(20):2612-4. doi: 10.1039/c3cc46018e.

Authors

Sergio S Rozenel¹, Rosa Padilla, Clément Camp, John Arnold

Affiliation

¹ University of California, Berkeley, 510 Latimer Hall, Berkeley, USA. arnold@berkeley.edu.

PMID: 24471159
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc46018e

Abstract

The reactivity of cobalt complexes supported by a PNP pincer ligand towards H2 varies depending on whether the N-donor atom is protonated; the synthesis of [(HPNP)CoCl(H)2] (2), [(PNP)CoH]2 (4), and the trihydride species [(HPNP)CoH3] (7) (HPNP = HN(CH2CH2P(i)Pr2)2) are described.