Abstract
The Δ-α-and Λ-β- forms of [Co(edda)CO3]- have been isolated as crystalline diastereoisomeric salts of the cation Δ-[Co(en)2(ox)]+. When each salt is dissolved in 1.0 F aqueous Na2CO3 at 25°C an isomeric equilibration process occurs between these species in which the Δ-α form predominates before the eventual racemisation of both anionic species. On proceeding to equilibrium the Λ-β-[Co(edda) CO3]- isomer is observed to invert its absolute configuration at the central metal ion in converting to the Δ-α stereoisomer. This is the first reported example of inversion-isomerisation involving the β → α transformation in a chiral complex containing a linear tetradentate.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 155-158 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Inorganica Chimica Acta |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Sept 1985 |
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