Tetrahedron Letters

Reaction of superoxo Co (III) complex with quinones formation of a semiquinone Co (III) complex

A Nishinaga, H Tomita, T Matsuura

Index: Nishinaga, A.; Tomita, H.; Matsuura, T. Tetrahedron Letters, 1980 , vol. 21, p. 4853 - 4854

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Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... The superoxo complex [Co(CN) 5 O 2 ] 3- was found to act as a reducing agent towards quinones. One-electron reduction took place with -quinones whereas two-electrons reduction with -quinones. 3,5-Di- -butyl- -benzoquinone gave the corresponding semiquinone ...