Mechanism of the low-energy fluxional process in[Fe3(CO)12-nLn] (n = 0–2): aperspective
Mechanism of the low-energy fluxional process in[Fe3(CO)12-nLn] (n = 0–2): aperspective
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[Fe3(CO)12-nLn] (n = 0–2) 中低能流变过程的机制:视角
DOI:
10.1039/a606981i
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发表时间:
1997
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通讯作者:
B. Mann
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作者:
B. Mann
The methods of Burgi and Dunitz, using crystal structures to map
out an exchange pathway for the carbonyls, have been applied to
[Fe
3
(CO)
12
] and its derivatives. It has been shown
that the exchange pathway follows that predicted by the concerted
bridge-opening and bridge-closing mechanism. The data are inconsistent
with other proposed mechanisms. It has also been shown that the
concerted bridge-opening and bridge-closing mechanism can equally be
described as a rotation of either the Fe
3
triangle or the
carbonyl icosahedron about a S
10
axis of the
icosahedron through the equatorial ligands. This mechanism has been used
to explain the lowest-energy fluxional mechanism in
[Fe
3
(CO)
12
], both in solution and in the solid
state, in [Fe
3
(CO)
11
L]
[L = PMe
2
Ph, P(OR)
3
,
CNBu
t
, CNCF
3
] in solution, in
[Fe
3
(CO)
10
L
2
]
[L = P(OR)
3
(R = Me, Et or
Pr
i
)] in solution and in [Fe
2
Os(CO)
12
]
in the solid state. The other mechanisms examined are the
C
2
libration mechanism due to Johnson, the rotation
of either the Fe
3
triangle or the carbonyl icosahedron about
a S
10
axis of the icosahedron through a bridging
ligand and an axial ligand on the unbridged iron due to Lentz, and the
60° rotation about the C
3
axis of the
Fe
3
triangle due to Hanson. It is argued that the Ligand
Polyhedral Model, albeit very elegant, is misleading and has led to
improbable mechanisms. The approach using the original Local Bonding
Model is recommended.