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. 2018 Feb 23;9:798. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03246-4

Fig. 7.

Fig. 7

Proposed mechanism for the reaction between 1a and 2a. Tentative reaction mechanism involves anodic oxidation of the coordinated Co(II) complex to generate a Co(III) complex, intramolecular C−H activation, ethylene insertion, and reductive elimination of Co(III) species to form the annulation product, and finally a second anodic oxidation to regenerate the Co(II) catalyst