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The Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of a Series of Ruthenium N-triphosPh Complexes
Published on: April 10, 2015
New Fe(III)Zn(II) complex containing a single terminal Fe-O(phenolate) bond as a structural and functional model for
Mauricio Lanznaster1, Ademir Neves, Adailton J Bortoluzzi
1Departamento de Química-LABINC-Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Campus Trindade, BR-88040-900 Florianópolis-SC, Brazil.
Abstract:
The new heterodinuclear complex [Fe(III)Zn(II)(BPBPMP)(OAc)(2)]ClO(4) (1) with the unsymmetrical N(5)O(2) donor ligand 2-bis[((2-pyridylmethyl)-aminomethyl)-6-[(2-hydroxybenzyl)(2-pyridylmethyl)]-aminomethyl]-4-methylphenol (H(2)BPBPMP) has been synthesized and characterized by X-ray crystallography, which reveals that the complex cation has an Fe(III)Zn(II)(mu-phenoxo)-bis(mu-carboxylato) core. Solution studies of 1 indicate that a pH-induced change of the bridging acetate occurs, and the formation of an active [(OH)Fe(III)Zn(II)(OH(2))] species as a highly efficient catalyst under weakly acidic conditions for phosphate diesters hydrolysis is proposed.
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