%0 Journal Article %A Carmen Hojilla Atienza, Crisita %A Bowman, Amanda C. %A Lobkovsky, Emil %A Chirik, Paul J. %D 2010 %T Photolysis and Thermolysis of Bis(imino)pyridine Cobalt Azides: C−H Activation from Putative Cobalt Nitrido Complexes %U https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Photolysis_and_Thermolysis_of_Bis_imino_pyridine_Cobalt_Azides_C_H_Activation_from_Putative_Cobalt_Nitrido_Complexes/2710258 %R 10.1021/ja107288x.s003 %2 https://acs.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/4386208 %K Thermolysi %K chelate %K Azide %K cobalt nitrido compounds %K photolysi %K intramolecular %K Activation %K complex %K activation %K modification %K hydrogen transfer %K Bis %K nitride %K imine ligand %K bi %K aryl substituents %K Putative Cobalt Nitrido ComplexesA series %K formation %K imine carbon %K azide %K precursor %K benzylic positions %K Photolysi %X A series of planar aryl-substituted bis(imino)pyridine cobalt azide complexes were prepared and evaluated as synthetic precursors for the corresponding cobalt nitrido compounds. Thermolysis or photolysis of two examples resulted in intramolecular C−H activation of the benzylic positions of the aryl substituents. For the mesityl-substituted compound, C−H activation by the putative nitride resulted in formation of a neutral imine ligand and modification of the chelate by hydrogen transfer to the imine carbon. %I ACS Publications