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Fe(iv) alkylidenes via protonation of Fe(ii) vinyl chelates and a comparative Mössbauer spectroscopic study
Brian M Lindley1, Ala'aeddeen Swidan1, Emil B Lobkovsky1
1Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology , Baker Laboratory , Cornell University , Ithaca , NY 14850 , USA . Email: ptw2@cornell.edu ; ; Tel: +1 607 255 7220.
Abstract:
Treatment of cis-Me2Fe(PMe3)4 with di-1,2-(E-2-(pyridin-2-yl)vinyl)benzene ((bdvp)H2), a tetradentate ligand precursor, afforded (bdvp)Fe(PMe3)2 (1-PMe3) and 2 equiv. CH4, via C-H bond activation. Similar treatments with tridentate ligand precursors PhCH[double bond, length as m-dash]NCH2(E-CH[double bond, length as m-dash]CHPh) ((pipp)H2) and PhCH[double bond, length as m-dash]N(2-CCMe-Ph) ((pipa)H) under dinitrogen provided trans-(pipp)Fe(PMe3)2N2 (2) and trans-(pipvd)Fe(PMe3)2N2 (3), respectively; the latter via one C-H bond activation, and a subsequent insertion of the alkyne into the remaining Fe-Me bond. All three Fe(ii) vinyl species were protonated with H[BArF 4] to form the corresponding Fe(iv) alkylidene cations, [(bavp)Fe(PMe3)2][BArF 4] (4-PMe3), [(piap)Fe(PMe3)3][BArF 4] (5), and [(pipad)Fe(PMe3)3][BArF 4] (6). Mössbauer spectroscopic measurements on the formally Fe(ii) and Fe(iv) derivatives revealed isomer shifts within 0.1 mm s-1, reflecting the similarity in their bond distances.
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