Synthesis Structural and Spectroscopic Characterization and Reactivities of Mononuclear Cobalt(III)-Peroxo Complexes

摘要

Metal-dioxygen adducts are key intermediates detected in the catalytic cycles of dioxygen activation by metalloenzymes and biomimetic compounds. In this study, mononuclear cobalt(III)- peroxo complexes bearing tetraazamacrocyclic ligands, [Co(12-TMC)(O2)]⁺ and [Co(13-TMC)(O2)]⁺, were synthesized by reacting [Co(12-TMC)(CH3CN)]²⁺ and [Co(13-TMC)(CH3CN)]²⁺, respectively, with H2O2 in the presence of triethylamine. The mononuclear cobalt(III)-peroxo intermediates were isolated and characterized by various spectroscopic techniques and X-ray crystallography, and the structural and spectroscopic characterization demonstrated unambiguously that the peroxo ligand is bound in a side-on η² fashion. The O-O bond stretching frequency of [Co(12-TMC)(O2)]⁺ and [Co(13- TMC)(O2)]⁺ was determined to be 902 cm⁻¹ by resonance Raman spectroscopy. The structural properties of the CoO2 core in both complexes are nearly identical; the O-O bond distances of [Co(12-TMC)(O2)]⁺ and [Co(13-TMC)(O2)]⁺ were 1.4389(17) Å and 1.438(6) Å, respectively. The cobalt(III)-peroxo complexes showed reactivities in the oxidation of aldehydes and O2-transfer reactions. In the aldehyde oxidation reactions, the nucleophilic reactivity of the cobalt-peroxo complexes was significantly dependent on the ring size of the macrocyclic ligands, with the reactivity of [Co(13-TMC)(O2)]⁺ > [Co(12-TMC)(O2)]⁺. In the O2-transfer reactions, the cobalt(III)-peroxo complexes transferred the bound peroxo group to a manganese(II) complex, affording the corresponding cobalt(II) and manganese(III)- peroxo complexes. The reactivity of the cobalt-peroxo complexes in O2-transfer was also significantly dependent on the ring size of tetraazamacrocycles, and the reactivity order in the O₂-transfer reactions was the same as that observed in the aldehyde oxidation reactions.