Mononuclear and dinuclear cobalt complexes and its dioxygen adduct with a new 24-membered hexaaza macrocyclic ligand

Dinucleating 24-membered hexaazadiphenol macrocyclic ligand 3,6,9,17,20,23-hexaaza-29,30-dihydroxy-13,27-dimethyl-tricyclo[23,3,1,1(11,15)] triaconta-1(29), 11,13,15(30),25,27-hexaene (L or BDBPH), is prepared by the NaBH4 reduction of the Schiff base obtained from [2+2] template condensation of 2,6-diformyl-p-cresol with diethylenetriamine. The ligand maintains dinuclear integrity for cobalt (II) while facilitating the formation of bridging phenolate dicobalt cores. Potentiometric equilibrium studies indicate that a variety of protonated, mononuclear and dinuclear cobalt (11) complexes form from p[H] 2 through 11 in aqueous solution. The protonation constants of this ligand and stability constants of the 1: 1, 1: 2 ligand: cobalt(II) complexes were determined in KCI supporting electrolyte (mu = 0.100 M) at 25 degreesC. The mechanism for the formation of dinuclear dioxygen cobalt(II) complexes is also described. The stability constants of mononuclear and dinuclear cobalt complexes were determined under nitrogen. Preliminary results show that the dinuclear dioxygen cobalt (11) complexes do not catalyze hydroxylation of adamantane in the presence of H2S as two-electron reductant.