The development of catalyst capable of performing redox transformation is a critical and fundamental process to renewable fuels and chemicals. The majority of these catalyst are prepared from noble metals, which may significantly increase the cost of fabrication of fuel and chemical devices. Catalysts composed from more abundant metals need to be explored. To this end, catalyst made of cobalt have received increased attention due their advantages of low cost and good activity. We will describe new heteroleptic [Co(mer-triamine)(diimine)Cl]2+ complexes in which the triamine is 2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine (tpy) or 2,6-bis(8′-quinolinyl)pyridine (bqp) and the diimine is either 2,2′-bipyridine (bpy) or 1,10-phenanthroline (phen). The preparation, structural characterization, electrochemistry and electronic structure will be presented.

Heteroleptic polypyridyl ligand cobalt(III) complexes

249th National Meeting (2015)

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