Abstract
A nonsymmetrical PNN pincer ligand[6-(tBu2PNH)C5H4N-2-(3-Mes)C3H2N2]and its corresponding cobalt-N2 complex were synthesized and characterized.By the stoichiometric reaction of the PNN lig-and lithium salt with CoCl2,the complex 3,(PNN)CoCl,was obtained.Then,reduction of 3 with NaBHEt3 under a dinitrogen atmosphere yielded complex 5,(PNN)Co(Ⅰ)(η 1-N2).Single-crystal X-ray analysis,IR spectrum,and DFT calculations revealed that the dinitrogen in 5 was only weakly reduced by the cobalt center.The reactions of 5 with carbon monoxide and 2,6-dimethylphenyl isocyanide gave carbonyl and isocyanide complexes 6 and 7 with the release of N2,respectively.Furthermore,these cobalt complexes,especially complex 5,demonstrated the capacity to convert dinitrogen to N(TMS)3 with moderate effi-ciency.
基金项目
National Natural Science Foundation of China(21988101)
National Natural Science Foundation of China(22201013)
Beijing Natural Science Foundation(2222008)
Highperformance Computing Platform of Peking University()