On the Lewis Acidity of the Oxoiron(IV) Unit in a Tetramethylcyclam Complex
On the Lewis Acidity of the Oxoiron(IV) Unit in a Tetramethylcyclam Complex
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四甲基环酰胺配合物中氧代铁 (IV) 单元的路易斯酸度
DOI:
10.1002/chem.201704977
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2018
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Que, Jr., Lawrence
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Klein, Johannes E.;Draksharapu, Apparao;Shokri, Alireza;Cramer, Christopher J.;Que, Jr., Lawrence
The correlation between oxidation state and Lewis acidity is well established for hexaquairon complexes in the +II and +III oxidation state, in which the higher oxidation state leads to a lower pKafor the bound H2O ligand. This article addresses the Lewis acidity of the oxoiron(IV) complex [FeIV(O)(TMC)(OH2)]2+(1‐OH2; TMC=1,4,8,11‐tetramethylcyclam) by determining the pKaof the H2O ligand. We establish that1‐OH2has a pKaof 6.9±0.5, a value that falls in between those found for [FeIII(OH2)6]3+and [FeII(OH2)6]2+. This intermediate value can be readily rationalized by the presence of the highly basic oxide ligand that mitigates the Lewis acidity of the iron(IV) center. Although the oxo ligand occupies only one position in1‐OH2,antito all four methyl groups that protrude from the same face of the nonplanar TMC ligand, its conjugate base1‐OHexists as a mixture ofsynandantitautomers, which are related by proton transfer between the oxo and the hydroxo ligands.