The search for effective base-metal catalysts continues to drive much of inorganic chemistry. Progress is often facilitated by the design of novel ligand architectures that are informed by ligand field and molecular orbital theories. This lecture will describe the design, synthesis, and catalytic activity of a series of cobalt complexes in threefold symmetry that contain redox-innocent Group I or II ions in the second coordination sphere. The role of the redox-innocent ions in catalysis and the scope and mechanism of catalytic substrate oxidation will be discussed.

Threefold-symmetric cobalt complexes for oxidation catalysis

247th National Meeting (2014)

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