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Yoshiaki Tanabe1, Soma Yamamoto1, Shogo Kuriyama1
1Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan.
Abstract:
A neutral Fe(II) sandwich complex bearing a π-phenol ligand with a trifluoroborate substituent [Cp*Fe(η6-2-tBu-6-BF3-C6H3OH)] is designed and prepared, which affords the corresponding anionic Fe(I) sandwich complex [Cp*Fe(η6-2-tBu-6-BF3-C6H3OH)]- with an effective O-H bond dissociation free energy at 40.7 kcal/mol in tetrahydrofuran on treatment with KC8. The anionic complex acts as a proton-coupled electron transfer reagent for the reduction of organic substrates such as acetophenone and anthracene, whereas the reaction with a Mo(IV) nitride complex leads to the stoichiometric formation of ammonia.
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