Unusual cyanide and methyl binding modes at a dicobalt macrocycle following acetonitrile C–C bond activation
Ariana Z. Spentzos, Michael R. Gau, Patrick J. Carroll, Neil C. Tomson
Abstract
We report the C–C bond cleavage of acetonitrile and subsequent fragment trapping by a dicobalt macrocycle to yield rare binding modes of methyl and cyanide.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryCyanidePhosphineAcetonitrileDissociation (chemistry)StereochemistryLigand (biochemistry)Medicinal chemistryPhotochemistryReceptorCatalysisOrganic chemistryBiochemistryOrganometallic Complex Synthesis and CatalysisCatalytic C–H Functionalization MethodsAsymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis