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Area of Science:

  • Organometallic Chemistry
  • Synthetic Chemistry
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • Cobaltocenium salts are versatile organometallic compounds.
  • Functionalized cobaltocenium derivatives are challenging to synthesize.
  • Understanding the reactivity of novel organometallic aldehydes is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To synthesize and characterize cobaltocenium carbaldehyde hexafluoridophosphate.
  • To investigate the reactivity of this novel functionalized cobaltocenium salt.
  • To explore the properties of its reduced radical form.

Main Methods:

  • Multi-step synthesis involving chlorination, reduction, and oxidation.
  • Spectroscopic characterization (NMR, IR, EPR).
  • Mass spectrometry, cyclic voltammetry, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and density functional theory (DFT).

Main Results:

  • Successful synthesis of cobaltocenium carbaldehyde hexafluoridophosphate.
  • Demonstration of unusual reactivity, including nucleophilic addition and haloform-type cleavage.
  • Isolation and characterization of a stable cobaltocene carbaldehyde radical via one-electron reduction.

Conclusions:

  • Cobaltocenium carbaldehyde exhibits unique reactivity due to its electron-withdrawing nature.
  • The synthesized cobaltocene carbaldehyde radical is stable and fully localized on the cobalt atom.
  • This work expands the scope of functionalized cobaltocenium chemistry and organometallic radical research.