Thermal racemization of chiral alkyl cobalt complexes and estimation of Co-C bond dissociation energy
Measurement of the thermal racemization rates of alkyl cobalt complexes having chirality only at the carbon coordinated directly to cobalt enabled estimation of the activation parameters of the Co–C bond homolysis and the bond dissociation energies. The effects of substituents of the alkyl moiety and axial bases on the Co–C bond dissociation energy are discussed.