137-144<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
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condensation of
N-(3-aminopropyl)-propane-1,3-diamine with pyrrole-2-aldehyde has been synthesized
and structurally characterized by
X-ray crystallography. Structural analysis shows that the geometry of
cobalt(III) ion is a distorted octahedron in which triamine part of the
pentadentate ligand occupies the meridional positions, while two pyrrole
nitrogen atoms are in cis disposition. <span style="font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:" times="" new="" roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:timesnewromansf;="" mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"="" lang="EN-US">Despite
the potentially interesting similarities of pyrrole-based ligands to porphyrin
systems, the present complex is inactive towards the oxidation of o-aminophenol, while analogous systems
with pyridine containing ligands have proven to be efficient functional models
for phenoxazinone synthase. <span style="font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:" times="" new="" roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" roman";="" mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa;="" mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"="" lang="EN-US">Although the electrospray ionization mass spectral
study clearly indicates the formation of a complex-substrate aggregate, the
inability towards oxidation of o-aminophenol
by the present complex can be explained electrochemically, where strong
electron donating ability of the deprotonated pyrrole moiety reduces the
possibility of reduction of cobalt(III) to cobalt(II).</span