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Liang Deng1, Amit Majumdar, Wayne Lo
1Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States.
Abstract:
An extensive series of 3:1 site-differentiated cubane-type clusters [Fe(4)S(4)(PPr(i)(3))(3)L] (L = Cl(-), Br(-), I(-), RO(-), RS(-), RSe(-)) has been prepared in 40-80% yield by two methods: ligand substitution of [Fe(4)S(4)(PPr(i)(3))(4)](1+) in tetrahydrofuran (THF)/acetonitrile by reaction with monoanions, and reductive cleavage of ligand substrates (RSSR, RSeSeR, I(2)) by the all-ferrous clusters [Fe(8)S(8)(PPr(i)(3))(6)]/[Fe(16)S(16)(PPr(i)(3))(8)] in THF. These neutral clusters are stable and do not undergo ligand redistribution reactions involving charged species in benzene and THF solutions. X-ray structural studies confirm the cubane stereochemistry but with substantial and variable distortions of the [Fe(4)S(4)](1+) core from idealized cubic core geometry. Based on Fe-S bond lengths, seven clusters were found to have compressed tetragonal distortions (4 short and 8 long bonds), and the remaining seven display other types of distortions with different combinations of long, short, and intermediate bond lengths. These results further emphasize the facile deformabililty of this core oxidation state previously observed in [Fe(4)S(4)(SR)(4)](3-) clusters. The Fe(2.25+) mean oxidation state was demonstrated from (57)Fe isomer shifts, and the appearance of two quadrupole doublets arises from the spin-coupled |9/2,4,1/2> state. The S = 1/2 ground state was further supported by electron paramagnetic resonance spectra and magnetic susceptibility data.
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