Formation of heterobimetallic zirconium/cobalt diimido complexes via a four-electron transformation

Inorg Chem. 2014 Oct 6;53(19):10021-3. doi: 10.1021/ic501490e. Epub 2014 Sep 9.

Abstract

The reactivity of the reduced heterobimetallic complex Zr((i)PrNP(i)Pr2)3CoN2 (1) toward aryl azides was examined, revealing a four-electron redox transformation to afford unusual heterobimetallic zirconium/cobalt diimido complexes. In the case of p-tolyl azide, the diamagnetic C3-symmetric bis(terminal imido) complex 3 is formed, but mesityl azide instead leads to asymmetric complex 4 featuring a bridging imido fragment.