A series of iron complexes of chiral iminopyridine-oxazoline (IPO) ligands have been synthesized. The most sterically hindered iron catalyst exhibits excellent activity (up to 99% yield) and high enantioselectivity (up to 93% ee) in asymmetric hydrosilylation of aryl ketones.

A cobalt bis(iminopyridine) complex is a highly active electrocatalyst for water reduction, with an estimated apparent second order rate constant k(app) ≤ 10(7) M(-1)s(-1) over a range of buffer/salt concentrations. Scan rate dependence data are consistent with freely diffusing electroactive species over pH 4-9 at room temperature for each of two catalytic reduction events, one of which is beli...

The react iv i ty of dinucleating bis(iminopyridine) ligands bearing H (L, (N,N′)-1,1′-(1,4phenylene)bis(N-(pyridin-2-ylmethylene)methanamine)) or Me substituents (L, (N,N′)-1,1′-(1,4-phenylene)bis(N-(1(pyridin-2-yl)ethylidene)methanamine)) on the imine carbon atom with Ni(COD)2 (COD = 1,5-cyclooctadiene) has been investigated. Treatment of L with 2 equiv of Ni(COD)2 forms dinuclear Ni2(L )(COD...

Multicomponent Fe(II)-iminopyridine-based self-assemblies have been synthesized with variably sized internal functionality. Larger internal functions provide increased strain to the complex and confer diastereocontrol upon the assembly process. Complete diastereocontrol is possible upon the introduction of large achiral groups on the cavity interior.

VT transition from the high-spin CoII to low-spin CoIII state was observed for complex (N-cyclo-hexyl-2-iminopyridine)(3,6-di-tert-butyl-o-benzosemiquinonato)(3,6-di-tert-butyl-catecholato)cobalt in both solid and liquid form. For first time we demonstrate a low-temperature nanosecond pump-probe XANES experiment revealing valence tautomeric solution of Co complex. Reversible induced under tempe...

Metallamacrocycles of 12, 16, and 22 members are obtained by deprotonation of the carboxylic group of the side chain of iminopyridine complexes derived from the amino acid β-alanine, and the peptides Gly-Gly and Gly-Gly-Gly. Instead of the expected intramolecular attack to give tridentate (N,N,O) ligands, the deprotonated carboxylate attacks in an inter-molecular manner to give dimers in which ...

Association of enantiopure TRISPHAT anion (1) with chiral spiro [Cu(LL')2] complexes (LL' = 2-R-phen, 2, 6-R-bpy, 3, and 2-iminopyridine, 4) leads to an efficient NMR enantiodifferentiation. Variable temperature 1H NMR spectroscopy has been used to determine the isomerisation kinetics of these pseudo-tetrahedral complexes and to evaluate their configurational stability; the latter depending on ...

Electrophilic activation and subsequent reduction of substrates is in general not possible because highly Lewis acidic metals lack access to multiple redox states. Herein, we demonstrate that transition metal-like redox processes and electronic structure and magnetic properties can be imparted to aluminum(III). Bis(iminopyridine) complexes containing neutral, monoanionic, and dianionic iminopyr...

A series of iminopyridine ligated Co(II) (1a–7a) and Ni(II) (1b–7b) complexes were synthesized. The structures of complexes 3a, 4a, 5a, 7a, 5b, and 6b were determined by X-ray crystallographic analyses. Complex 3a formed a chloro-bridged dimer, whereas 4a, 5a, and 7a, having a substituent (4a, 5a: CH3; 7a: Br) at the 6-position of pyridine, producing the solid structures with a single ligand co...