2-Phenoxypyridyl Dinucleating Ligands for Assembly of Diiron(II) Complexes: Efficient Reactivity with O[subscript 2] to Form (μ-Oxo)diiron(III) Units
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Do, Loi Hung
Lippard, Stephen J.
Date Issued
October 2009
Journal
Inorganic Chemistry
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American Chemical Society (ACS)
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Do, Loi H., and Stephen J. Lippard. “2-Phenoxypyridyl Dinucleating Ligands for Assembly of Diiron(II) Complexes: Efficient Reactivity with O2 To Form (μ-Oxo)diiron(III) Units.” Inorganic Chemistry 48, no. 22 (November 16, 2009): 10708-10719.
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Abstract
A series of 2-phenoxypyridyl and 2-phenoxyimino ligands, H[subscript 2]L[superscript R,R′] [2,2′-(5,5′-(1,2-phenylenebis(ethyne-2,1-diyl))bis(pyridine-5,2-diyl))diphenol, where R = H, Me, or t-Bu, and R′ = H or Ph] and H[subscript 2]BIPS[superscript Me,Ph] [(3,3′-(1E,1′E)-(3,3′-sulfonylbis(3,1-phenylene)bis(azan-1-yl-1-ylidene))bis(methan-1-yl-1-ylidene)bis(5-methylbiphenyl-2-ol)], were synthesized as platforms for nonheme diiron(II) protein model complexes. UV−vis spectrophotometric studies and preparative-scale reactions of L[superscript R,R′] or BIPS[superscript Me,Ph], where L[superscript R,R′] and BIPS[superscript Me,Ph] are the deprotonated forms of H[subscript 2]L[superscript R,R′] and H[subscript 2]BIPS[superscript Me,Ph], respectively, with iron(II) revealed that the presence of sterically protective o-phenol substituents is necessary to obtain discrete dinuclear species. The reaction of L[superscript Me,Ph] with iron(II) in tetrahydrofuran (THF) afforded the doubly bridged compound [Fe[subscript 2](L[superscript Me,Ph])[subscript 2](THF)[subscript 3]] (1), which was characterized in the solid state by X-ray crystallography. A large internal cavity in this complex facilitates its rapid reaction with dioxygen, even at −50 °C, to produce the thermodynamically stable [Fe[subscript 2](μ-O)(L[superscript Me,Ph])[subscript 2]] (2) species. Reaction of [superscript 18]O[subscript 2] instead of [superscript 16]O[subscript 2] with 1 led to a shift in the Fe−O−Fe vibrational frequency from 833 to 798 cm[superscript −1], confirming the presence of the (μ-oxo)diiron(III) core and molecular oxygen as the source of the bridging oxo group. The L[superscript Me,Ph] ligand is robust toward oxidative decomposition and does not display any reversible redox activity.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
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