Cobalt Silylenes as Platforms for Catalytic Nitrene‐Group Transfer by Metal–Ligand Cooperation.

Abstract

A powerful approach to cooperative group-transfer catalysis is demonstrated using the Co=Si bond of a cobalt silylene to provide two distinct sites for substrate activation. The orthogonal selectivity of the Co and Si centers enables efficient nitrene-group transfer to carbon monoxide by avoiding poisoning that would result from substrates competing for a single reactive site.