Terminal FeI-N2 and FeII...H-C interactions supported by tris(phosphino)silyl ligands
Terminal FeI-N2 and FeII...H-C interactions supported by tris(phosphino)silyl ligands
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.200701188
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发表时间:
2007-01-01
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Peters, Jonas C.
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作者:
Mankad, Neal P.;Whited, Matthew T.;Peters, Jonas C.
Dinitrogen complexes of iron have been the target of numerous synthetic studies in recent years.[1] An unusual and intriguing formal oxidation state to explore in such systems is iron (I), especially in the context of a Chatt-type [2] FeI/IV N2 fixation cycle (ie FeIÀN2+ 3H! FeIV N+ NH3; FeIV N+ 3H! FeIÀN2+ NH3). Yandulov and Schrock s recent work has provided impetus for such studies by establishing the synthetic viability of a conceptually related MoIII/VI N2 fixation cycle.[3] Both iron and molybdenum are present in the FeMo cofactor of MoFe nitrogenases,[4] and a pseudotetrahedral FeIV N species, a hypothetical intermediate of an FeI/IV N2 fixation mechanism, has recently been characterized.[5] Both Holland s group and our own have reported examples of three-and four-coordinate N2 adducts of iron in the formal+ 1 oxidation state, but in neither case were terminally bonded N2 species identified or isolated; dinuclear end-on FeÀNNÀFe species were inevitably obtained.[6] For the Schrock tris (amido) amine MoÀN2 systems, it proved necessary to use a high degree of steric bulk to prevent bimetallic adduct formation before the N2 fixation chemistry of interest could be exposed. We have attempted to retrofit the {(PhBPR 3) Fe} scaffolds ([PhBPR 3]=[PhBP-(CH2PR2) 3] À) with bulky substituents at the phosphorus atoms to prevent dinuclear reaction pathways but have thus far been unable to obtain terminally bonded FeIÀN2 adducts using [PhBPR 3] ligands.Recently we began to turn our attention to new derivatives of the classic Sacconi-type NP3 ligands (eg N (CH2CH2PR2) 3) to achieve access to a terminally bonded FeIÀN2 synthon.[7] While {FeII (N2)(H)}+ species are readily accessible using ligands of these types,[7] N2 adducts of iron (I) have yet to be obtained. We find, however, that replacement