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<strong>Synthesis</strong> <strong>and</strong> Electrochemistry <strong>of</strong> Schiff Base Cobalt(III) Complexes <strong>and</strong> Their<br />

<strong>Catalytic</strong> Activity for Copolymerization <strong>of</strong> Epoxide <strong>and</strong> Carbon Dioxide<br />

st<strong>and</strong>ard procedures before use.<br />

(R,R)-N,N�-(1,2-cyclohexene)bis(3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylideneimine) (H2L 1 ),<br />

N,N�-ethylenebis(3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylideneimine) (H2L 2 ),<br />

(R,R)-N,N�-(1,2-diphenylethylethylene)bis(3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylideneimine) (H2L 3 ), <strong>and</strong><br />

N,N�-(2,2-dimethyl-1,3-propylene)bis(3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylideneimine) (H2L 4 ) were<br />

synthesized according to previously published procedures. 22, 30 All other reagents were<br />

commercially available, <strong>and</strong> were used as received.<br />

Instrumentation <strong>and</strong> Methods<br />

The NMR spectra were recorded by a Bruker AV 400M or a Bruker AV 500M instrument<br />

in CDCl3 or (CD3)2SO at room temperature. Tetramethylsilane was used as the internal<br />

st<strong>and</strong>ard. The FT-IR spectra were obtained using a Perkin-Elmer 2000 FT-IR spectrometer.<br />

The EIS-MS data were obtained using a Finnigan LCQ TM ion trap mass spectrometer. It was<br />

operated with the following parameters: positive ion <strong>and</strong> negative ion mode, the electrospray<br />

voltage at 4.5 kV, the capillary voltage at 20 V, the tube lens <strong>of</strong>fset voltage at 15 V <strong>and</strong> the<br />

capillary temperature between 80─100 . High-purity nitrogen (N2) was used as the sheath<br />

gas, <strong>and</strong> its flow rate was 60 arbitrary units. The sample solutions were injected at 5 µL min -1<br />

via a syringe pump. The GPC measurements were performed by a Waters 410 GPC with THF<br />

as the eluent (flow rate: 1 ml min -1 at 25 ). Polystyrene was used as the internal st<strong>and</strong>ard.<br />

The cyclic voltammetry experiments were performed using the BAS 660C electrochemical<br />

system. The sample solutions typically contained 1 mM <strong>of</strong> the cobalt complex in DMF <strong>and</strong><br />

tetrabutylammoium perchlorate (TBAP) (0.1 M) as the supporting electrolyte at room<br />

temperature. The cyclic voltammograms were obtained at the scan rate <strong>of</strong> 100 m V s −1 under<br />

a nitrogen atmosphere. The potential sweep ranges were between −2.00 <strong>and</strong> 1.50 V for the<br />

lig<strong>and</strong>s <strong>and</strong> between −1.20 <strong>and</strong> 1.50 V for the cobalt complexes.<br />

A suitable crystal for the X-ray diffraction experiment was obtained by slow evaporation<br />

<strong>of</strong> a saturated toluene solution <strong>of</strong> L 1 -Co III -dnp at room temperature, which was carefully<br />

collected <strong>and</strong> mounted on a Bruker SMART APEX CCD diffractometer with<br />

graphite-monochromated Mo-Kα (λ = 0.71073Å) radiation at room temperature. The crystal<br />

structure was solved by the direct method. Refinement was carried out by the full matrix<br />

least-squares methods based on F 2 using the SHELXL-97 s<strong>of</strong>tware package.<br />

Preparation <strong>of</strong> the Complexes<br />

(2,4-Dinitrophenolato)(R,R)-N,N�-(1,2-cyclohexene)bis(3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylideneimina<br />

to)]cobalt(III) (L1-CoIII-dnp):<br />

(R,R)-N,N�-1,2-Cyclohexenebis(3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylideneiminato)cobalt(II) (L 1 -Co II )<br />

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