FREE RADICAL REACTIONS INITIATED BY ORGANOCOBALT COMPLEXES. A NEW METHOD FOR THE DEGRADATION OF CARBOXYLIC ACIDS TO FUNCTIONALISED NOR-ALKANES VIA ACYLCOBALT SALOPHEN INTERMEDIATES.

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)80190-2

Arylmethyl- and allyl-acylcobalt salophens, undergo facile C-Co bond homolysis and in situ decarbonylation, producing new (alkyl) radical centres which can be intercepted with oxygen, nitrogen, halogen, sulphur and selenium containing radical trapping agents, leading to functionalised nor-alkanes (Scheme).