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Title: Nature of the catalytically inactive cobalt hydride formed upon hydrogenation of aromatic substrates. Structure and characterization of the binuclear cobalt hydride ((Pr sup i sub 2 P(CH sub 2 ) sub 3 PPr sup i sub 2 )Co) sub 2 (H)(. mu. minus H) sub 3

Journal Article · · Inorganic Chemistry; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ic00010a039· OSTI ID:5943439
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  1. Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada)
  2. Indiana Univ., Bloomington (United States)
  3. Max-Planck Inst. fur Kohlenforschung, Ruhr (West Germany)

During the hydrogenation of arenes using the cobalt catalyst precursor (eta{sup 3}{minus}C{sub 3}H{sub 5})Co(dippp) (dippp = 1,3-bis(diisopropylphosphino)propane), a catalytically inactive cobalt hydride was formed. The dark blue hydride complex was isolated and characterized. Paramagnetic behavior was noted for the hydride in solution at 20C; but upon cooling to {minus}95C, the {sup 1}H NMR spectra appears to be that of a diamagnetic compound. The magnetic susceptibility was also noted to decrease to a value of 0.7 mu{sub B} at {minus}95C. Some possible explanations of this magnetic behavior are advanced. 25 refs., 2 figs., 4 tabs.

OSTI ID:
5943439
Journal Information:
Inorganic Chemistry; (United States), Vol. 30:10; ISSN 0020-1669
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English