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Four-Coordinate Co(III) Imide with an Unusually Tilted Terminal Imido Ligand.

Li GuAddison FrakerNiklas B ThompsonAlex McSkimming
Published in: Organometallics (2024)
We report herein the synthesis and characterization of a terminal Co(III) imido complex supported by an intermediate field N,N,C heteroscorpionate. This chemistry is enabled through the development of an additional member of this ligand type featuring Ph 2 (CH 3 )C- substituents, one of which weakly binds and stabilizes Co in the corresponding Co(I) precursor. The Co(III) imide is low-spin with no evidence for thermal population of open-shell excited states. Unusually, the imido ligand in this molecule tilts markedly toward the C alkyl donor. DFT calculations suggest this structural feature to be largely a result of strong Co-C covalency, underscoring the importance of M-C bonding in determining the (electronic) structure of metal centers supported by this class of ligand.
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