3-Methylindole-Based Tripodal Tetraphosphine Ruthenium Complexes in N2 Coordination and Reduction and Formic Acid Dehydrogenation
Fenna F. van de Watering,
Nicol Heijtbrink,
Jarl Ivar van der Vlugt,
Wojciech I. Dzik,
Bas de Bruin,
Joost N. H. Reek
Affiliations
Fenna F. van de Watering
Homogeneous, Supramolecular and Bio-Inspired Catalysis Group, Van’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Nicol Heijtbrink
Homogeneous, Supramolecular and Bio-Inspired Catalysis Group, Van’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Jarl Ivar van der Vlugt
Homogeneous, Supramolecular and Bio-Inspired Catalysis Group, Van’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Wojciech I. Dzik
Homogeneous, Supramolecular and Bio-Inspired Catalysis Group, Van’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Bas de Bruin
Homogeneous, Supramolecular and Bio-Inspired Catalysis Group, Van’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Joost N. H. Reek
Homogeneous, Supramolecular and Bio-Inspired Catalysis Group, Van’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The ruthenium(II) complexes RuCl2L1H, RuCl2L1CF3, RuCl2L1OMe and RuCl2L2H were synthesized from [Ru(η6-benzene)Cl(μ-Cl)]2 and the corresponding tripodal tris-3-methylindolephosphine-based ligands L1H, L1CF3, L1OMe, and L2H. Stoichiometric reduction of these complexes with KC8 yielded the corresponding ruthenium(0) dinitrogen complexes. The latter complexes were studied in the N2 reduction with chlorosilanes and KC8, yielding stoichiometric amounts of the silylamines. The synthesized ruthenium(II) complexes are also active catalysts for the formic acid dehydrogenation reaction.
