A mononuclear nonheme cobalt(<scp>iii</scp>)–hydroperoxide complex with an amphoteric reactivity in electrophilic and nucleophilic oxidative reactions

Abstract

A mononuclear nonheme cobalt(iii)-hydroperoxide complex bearing a tetramethylated cyclam ligand, [(12-TMC)Co(III)(OOH)](2+), was synthesized and characterized spectroscopically and computationally; the cobalt(iii)-hydroperoxide complex exhibited an amphoteric reactivity in electrophilic and nucleophilic oxidative reactions.