Saeideh Yahyaei - Islamic Azad University, Miyaneh Branch
Shahryar Ashuri - University of Urmia
Seyedmahmoud Ebrahiumiznooz - Atomic energy organization of Iran, Zirconium Co.

We have reported the reaction of the Co(saldet) complex with sodium borohydride and carbon dioxide in alcoholic solution. Carbon dioxide fixation in its intact form is suggested from bifunctional complex containing in their structure a nucleophilic cobalt(I) and an alkali cation:Co(saldet)Na [saldet = Bis(salicylaldehyde)diethylene-triimine]. We have brought a transition metal in low oxidation state (basic center) and an alkali cation (acidic center) close together within the same complex skeleton. This reaction can be help to catalytic reactions of carbon dioxide.

Catalytic reactions, Carbon dioxide, sodium borohydride, schiff base, bifunctional complexes, Co(saldet)