t-BUTYLPEROXY COBALT(III) SCHIFF BASE COMPLEXES. PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES
Treatment of t-butyl hydroperoxide with cobalt(II) Schiff base complexes in CH2Cl2 at room temperature gave the corresponding t-butylperoxy cobalt(III) complexes, which were isolated as crystals in good yield. The peroxy complexes oxidize Ph3P to Ph3PO and the Co–O bond in the peroxy complexes undergoes heterolysis with acids but homolysis in alcohols.