A discrete {Co43-OH)4}4+ cluster with an oxygen-rich coordination environment as a catalyst for the epoxidation of various olefins

Sun Young Lee, Namseok Kim, Myoung Mi Lee, Young Dan Jo, Jeong Mi Bae, Min Young Hyun, Sungho Yoon, Cheal Kim

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Abstract

Using the sterically hindered terphenyl-based carboxylate, the tetrameric Co(ii) complex [Co43-OH)4(μ-O2CAr4F-Ph)2(μ-OTf)2(Py)4] (1) with an asymmetric cubane-type core has been synthesized and fully characterized by X-ray diffraction, UV-vis spectroscopy, and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy. Interestingly, the cubane-type cobalt cluster 1 with 3-chloroperoxybenzoic acid as the oxidant was found to be very effective in the epoxidation of a variety of olefins, including terminal olefins which are more challenging targeting substrates. Moreover, this catalytic system showed a fast reaction rate and high epoxide yields under mild conditions. Based on product analysis and Hammett studies, the use of peroxyphenylacetic acid as a mechanistic probe, H218O-exchange experiments, and EPR studies, it has been proposed that multiple reactive cobalt-oxo species CoVO and CoIVO were involved in the olefin epoxidation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1727-1736
Number of pages10
JournalDalton Transactions
Volume45
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016

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