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  • Organometallic Chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Polymer Science

Background:

  • Pyridine(diimine) iron complexes catalyze [2+2] cycloadditions of alkenes and dienes, yielding vinylcyclobutanes.
  • These reactions also enable butadiene oligomerization to divinyl(oligocyclobutane), a recyclable polymer microstructure.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the catalytic mechanisms of aryl-substituted pyridine(diimine) iron and ruthenium complexes in cycloaddition and oligomerization reactions.
  • To elucidate structure-activity relationships for designing advanced catalysts and promoting polymer chemical recycling.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic study of iron and ruthenium butadiene complexes.
  • Structural and computational analyses of iron butadiene complexes.
  • Labeling experiments and mechanistic studies.

Main Results:

  • Catalyst rigidity promotes s-trans diene coordination, facilitating oxidative cyclization.
  • Cyclobutane formation proceeds via a metallacyclic intermediate with reversible C(sp3)-C(sp3) reductive coupling.
  • Iron complexes utilize a spin crossover mechanism (S=0 to S=1) for C(sp3)-C(sp3) reductive elimination under thermal conditions.
  • Ruthenium complexes require blue light irradiation for similar reactivity, with a redox-innocent pyridine(diimine) ligand.

Conclusions:

  • Structural features of pyridine(diimine) iron catalysts are crucial for diene coordination and subsequent cycloaddition.
  • Iron catalysts enable thermally driven C(sp3)-C(sp3) bond formation via spin crossover.
  • Ruthenium catalysts offer light-driven reactivity, highlighting distinct activation pathways.
  • Understanding these mechanisms provides design principles for next-generation catalysts and chemical recycling of polymers.