title: Terminal cobalt(III) imido complexes supported by tris(carbene) ligands: imido insertion into the cobalt-carbene bond.
abstract: Highly reactive tris-carbene Co(I) complexes [(TIMENaryl)Co]Cl react with organic azides to yield monomeric Co(III) imido complexes [(TIMENaryl)Co(NAr')](BPh4) (aryl = mes, xyl; Ar = -C6H4-CH3, -C6H4-OCH3). The cobalt-imido fragment in these complexes is electrophilic and, as a result, the imido group readily inserts into the cobalt-carbene bond, yielding bis-carbene imine cobalt complexes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0358, La Jolla, California 92093-0359, USA.
authors.forename: Xile
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Karsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Meyer