摘要:
                                Benzyl cobaloximes, ArCH2Co(dioxime)(2)Py, with two different dioximes, glyoxime (gH) and dimesitylglyoxime (dmestgH), have been synthesized and characterized by H-1 and C-13 NMR and UV-vis spectroscopy. The dioxy adducts, ArCH2(O-2)Co(dioxime)(2)Py, were prepared by the insertion of molecular oxygen into the Co-C under photochemical conditions. The rate of insertion depends upon the nature of the dioxime and follows the order dmestgH > dpgH > chgH > dmgH > gH. The steric cis influence of the dioximes on the Co-C bond also follows the same order. The study also suggests that the interactions between the axial benzyl group and the dioximes have significant influence on the Co-C bond reactivity. Such interactions are also seen in the molecular structure of [C6H4CH2Co(gH)(2)(4-(BuPy)-Bu-t)] and in the dioxy complexes 4-CN-C6H4CH2(O-2)Co(dmestgH)(2)Py and 2-naphthylCH(2)(O-2)Co(dmestgH)(2)Py. On the basis of the results we have supported the cage mechanism for the oxygen insertion into the Co-C bond.