Diiron azamonothiolates by the scission of dithiadiazacyclooctanes by iron carbonyls

Tai Lin, Olbelina A. Ulloa, Thomas B. Rauchfuss, Danielle L. Gray

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Abstract

The reactions of [Fe3(CO)12] with the dithiadiazacyclooctanes [SCH2N(R)CH2]2 (R = Me, Bn) afford the diiron complexes [Fe2{SCH2N(R)CH2}(CO)6] (1Me, 1Bu). The methyl derivative 1Me was characterized crystallographically [Fe-Fe = 2.5702(5) Å]. Its low symmetry was verified by variable-temperature 13C NMR spectroscopy, which revealed that the turnstile rotation of the {S(CH2)Fe(CO)3} and {S(NMe)Fe(CO)3} centers are subject to very different energy barriers. Although 1Me resists protonation, it readily undergoes substitution by tertiary phosphines, first at the {S(CH2)Fe(CO)3} center, as verified crystallographically for [Fe2{SCH2N(Me)CH2}(CO)5(PPh3)]. Substitution by the chelating diphosphine Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2 (dppe) gave [Fe2{SCH2N(Me)CH2}(CO)4(dppe)] by substitution at both the {S(CH2)Fe(CO)3} and {S(NMe)Fe(CO)3} sites.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)4109-4114
Number of pages6
JournalEuropean Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
Volume2014
Issue number25
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1 2014

Keywords

  • Cluster compounds
  • Enzyme models
  • Hydrogenase models
  • Iron
  • Thiolates

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Inorganic Chemistry

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