Molbank (Mar 2024)

Aza-Diphosphido-Bridged Di-Iron Complexes Related to the [FeFe]-Hydrogenases

  • Pankaj Das,
  • Catherine Elleouet,
  • François Y. Pétillon,
  • Philippe Schollhammer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/M1797
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2024, no. 2
p. M1797

Abstract

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The reaction of the dianionic species [Fe2(CO)6(μ-PPh)2]2− with tBuN(CH2Cl)2 gives the di-iron carbonyl aza-diphosphido-bridged complex [Fe2(CO)6(µ-{P(Ph)CH2}2NtBu)] (1). Attempts to prepare 1 by click-chemistry by reacting [Fe2(CO)6(μ-PHPh)2] with CH2O and tBuNH2 afforded a bis-phosphido compound [Fe2(CO)6(µ-P(Ph)CH2NHtBu)2] (2) which exists as two, syn and anti, isolable isomers depending on the relative orientation of the groups carried by the phosphorus atoms. In the presence of HBF4.Et2O, in dichloromethane, 1 leads to the stabilized ammonium species [Fe2(CO)6(µ-{P(Ph)CH2}2NHtBu)](BF4) (3). The derivatives 1–3 were characterized by IR and 1H, 31P-{1H} NMR spectroscopies. Their structures in a solid state were determined by X-ray diffraction analyses, which accord with their spectroscopic characteristics.

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