Tuning redox potentials of bis(imino)pyridine cobalt complexes: an experimental and theoretical study involving solvent and ligand effects

Tuning redox potentials of bis(imino)pyridine cobalt complexes: an experimental and theoretical study involving solvent and ligand effects:

Dalton Trans., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2DT12195F, Paper C. Moyses Araujo, Mark D. Doherty, Steven J. Konezny, Oana R. Luca, Alex Usyatinsky, Hans Grade, Emil Lobkovsky, Grigorii L. Soloveichik, Robert H. Crabtree, Victor S. Batista

CV measurements and DFT/B3LYP calculations show that in solution a series of (NNN)CoCl₂ complexes exist in equilibrium with [(NNN)₂Co][CoCl₄] which exhibit Co^II/III oxidation potentials spanning nearly 750 mV in acetonitrile.