Structure and Reactivity of a Dinuclear Cobalt(III) Complex with a Bridging Phosphate Monoester

Abstract

The phosphate monoester in 2-H is hydrolyzed an unprecedented 1011 times more rapidly than the corresponding unbound phosphate. Clean conversion of the bidentate monoester (2-H) to the tridentate inorganic phosphate (3), together with the crystal structure of an analog of 2-H, provides detailed mechanistic insight into the hydrolysis reaction.