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Synthesis of [(DPPNCH₂CH₂)₃N]³− Molybdenum Complexes (DPP = 3,5-(2,5-Diisopropylpyrrolyl)₂C₆H₃) and Studies Relevant to Catalytic Reduction of Dinitrogen

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Reithofer, Michael R.; Schrock, Richard Royce; Mueller, Peter
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Abstract
Molybdenum complexes that contain a new TREN-based ligand [(3,5-(2,5-diisopropyl-pyrrolyl)2C6H3NCH2CH2)3N]3− ([DPPN3N]3−) that are relevant to the catalytic reduction of dinitrogen have been prepared. They are [Bu4N]{[DPPN3N]MoN2}, [DPPN3N]MoN2, [DPPN3N]MoN═NH, {[DPPN3N]MoN═NH2}[BArf4], [DPPN3N]Mo≡N, {[DPPN3N]Mo≡NH}[BArf4], and {[DPPN3N]MoNH3}[BArf4]. NMR and IR data for [Bu4N]{[DPPN3N]MoN2} and [DPPN3N]MoN2 are close to those reported for the analogous [HIPTN3N]3− compounds (HIPT = hexaisopropylterphenyl), which suggests that the degree of reduction of dinitrogen is virtually identical in the two systems. However, X-ray studies and several exchange studies support the conclusion that the apical pocket is less protected in [DPPN3N]Mo complexes than in [HIPTN3N]Mo complexes. For example, 15N/14N exchange studies showed that exchange in [DPPN3N]MoN2 is relatively facile (t1/2 ≈ 1 h at 1 atm) and depends upon dinitrogen pressure, in contrast to the exchange in [HIPTN3N]MoN2. Several of the [DPPN3N]Mo complexes, e.g., the [DPPN3N]MoN2 and [DPPN3N]MoNH3 species, are also less stable in solution than the analogous “parent” [HIPTN3N]Mo complexes. Four attempted catalytic reductions of dinitrogen with [DPPN3N]MoN yielded 2.53 ± 0.35 equiv of total ammonia. These studies reveal more than any other just how sensitive a successful catalytic reduction is to small changes in the triamidoamine supporting ligand.
Date issued
2010-05
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71184
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
Journal
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Publisher
American Chemical Society
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Reithofer, Michael R., Richard R. Schrock, and Peter Müller. “Synthesis of [(DPPNCH₂CH₂)₃N]³− Molybdenum Complexes (DPP = 3,5-(2,5-Diisopropylpyrrolyl)₂C₆H₃) and Studies Relevant to Catalytic Reduction of Dinitrogen.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 132.24 (2010): 8349–8358. Web.
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0002-7863
1520-5126

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