A planar binuclear cobalt(ii) phthalocyanine as a highly efficient catalyst for the oxidation of a mercaptan

Chem Commun (Camb). 2020 May 27;56(42):5653-5656. doi: 10.1039/d0cc01653e.

Abstract

This paper reports on a binuclear Co(ii)Pc which exhibits a previously unknown extremely high catalytic activity for the oxidation of a thiol to the corresponding disulfide. The high activity is explained by an electronic contact between the two Co centres in the complex.

MeSH terms

  • Catalysis
  • Cobalt / chemistry
  • Coordination Complexes / chemistry*
  • Indoles / chemistry*
  • Isoindoles
  • Models, Chemical
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Sulfhydryl Compounds / chemistry*

Substances

  • Coordination Complexes
  • Indoles
  • Isoindoles
  • Sulfhydryl Compounds
  • Cobalt
  • phthalocyanine