A Low-Spin Ruthenium(IV)-Oxo Complex: Does the Spin State Have an Impact on the Reactivity?
A Low-Spin Ruthenium(IV)-Oxo Complex: Does the Spin State Have an Impact on the Reactivity?
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.201002733
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发表时间:
2010-01-01
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16.6
通讯作者:
Fukuzumi, Shunichi
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作者:
Kojima, Takahiko;Hirai, Yuichirou;Fukuzumi, Shunichi
High-valent metal–oxo complexes are key reactive species for oxidation and oxygenation of organic compounds in nature as well as in the laboratory.[1, 2] Although iron is the most common metal species among high-valent metal–oxo complexes,[3] there are also manganese–oxo,[4] ruthenium–oxo,[5] and other metal–oxo complexes.[6] High-valent metal–oxo species are produced by reductive activation of molecular oxygen coupled with proton transfer.[7–9] Peroxides such as hydrogen peroxide can provide a so-called “peroxide shunt” to produce high-valent metal–oxo species.[1–3] High-valent metal–oxo species can also be produced by proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET), in which deprotonation of a coordinated water molecule and oxidation of the metal center occur concertedly.[10–14] The reactivity of high-valent metal–oxo species varies depending on the type of metal, the oxidation state of the metal center, ligands, and the spin state. Theoretical studies proposed that the reactivity of high-valent metal–oxo species may be determined by two closely lying spin states, which have different activation barriers for the reactions with substrates.[15–17] The most straightforward way to clarify the effects of spin states on the reactivity of highvalent metal–oxo species is to examine the reactivity of an analogous series of metal–oxo complexes that have different spin states. There have been extensive studies on RuIV–oxo complexes that exhibit the triplet spin state (S= 1).[18–20] However, there has been no example of RuIV–oxo complexes exhibiting the singlet spin state (S= 0) at the ground state.[21] Thus, comparison of the reactivity of analogous high-valent metal–oxo species with different spin states has never been made.We report herein for the first time the spin state alteration of RuIV–oxo complexes with tris (2-pyridylmethyl) amine (tpa) derivatives depending on the type of tpa derivatives. Two RuII–aqua complexes having tpa derivatives, tetradentate tpa and a pentadentate N, N-bis (2-pyridylmethyl)-N-(6-carboxylato-2-pyridyl-methyl) amine (6-COOÀ-tpa) monoanion,[Ru-(tpa)(H2O) 2] 2+(1)[13] and [Ru (6-COOÀ-tpa)(H2O)]+(2), were converted into the corresponding RuIV–oxo complexes by the PCET reactions with use of (NH4) 2 [CeIV (NO3) 6](CAN) as an oxidant. Now we have two kinds of RuIV–oxo complexes,[Ru (O)(tpa)(H2O)] 2+(3) in the S= 1 spin state and [Ru (O)(6-COOÀ-tpa)]+(4) in the S= 0 spin state. Thus, analogous RuIV–oxo complexes with different spin states in hand provide an excellent opportunity to compare the reactivity toward substrates in light of their spin states. The RuII–aqua complex 2 was prepared by the reaction of a precursor complex[Ru (6-COOÀ-tpa) Cl] PF6 (see Figure 1)[22] with AgPF6 in water by dechlorination and