Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of a New Mononuclear Benzyl−Cobalt Complex Containing Mixed Tridentate Imino−Oxime and Diamine Ligands DreosRenata HerlingerErwin TauzherGiovanni VuanoSara NardinGiorgio RandaccioLucio 1998 The complex [C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>Co(L)(LR)]ClO<sub>4</sub> (<b>3</b>), where L = 2-((2-pyridylethyl)imino)-3-butanone oximato and LR = 2-((2-pyridylethyl)amino)-3-aminobutane, has been prepared by reduction with NaBH<sub>4</sub> of the complex [Co<sup>III</sup>(L)<sub>2</sub>]ClO<sub>4</sub>, followed by addition of C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>Cl. The compounds was characterized in the solid state by X-ray analysis. The complex undergoes Co−C homolytic cleavage under acidic conditions, giving dibenzyl under a nitrogen atmosphere and benzaldehyde in the presence of air.