Recently, our group has investigated a series of heterobimetallic Co/Zr complexes and the effect of dative metal-metal interactions in these complexes on redox potentials and reactivity toward small molecule activation. These previously studied complexes are comprised of three identical phosphinoamide linkers to provide a three-fold symmetric scaffold.  Different phosphine and amide substituents have been found to lead to dramatically different electronic properties and reactivity. We have now turned our attention to mixed donor sets and will discuss the effects of such substituent variation on metal-metal interactions and reactivity.

Synthesis and investigation of heterobimetallic Co/Zr complexes with mixed phosphinoamide donor sets

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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