Oxidation and reduction of bis(imino)pyridine iron dicarbonyl complexes |
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Authors: | Tondreau Aaron M Milsmann Carsten Lobkovsky Emil Chirik Paul J |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, USA. |
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Abstract: | The oxidation and reduction of a redox-active aryl-substituted bis(imino)pyridine iron dicarbonyl has been explored to determine whether electron-transfer events are ligand- or metal-based or a combination of both. A series of bis(imino)pyridine iron dicarbonyl compounds, ((iPr)PDI)Fe(CO)(2)](-), ((iPr)PDI)Fe(CO)(2), and ((iPr)PDI)Fe(CO)(2)](+) (iPr)PDI = 2,6-(2,6-(i)Pr(2)C(6)H(3)N═CMe)(2)C(5)H(3)N], which differ by three oxidation states, were prepared and the electronic structures evaluated using a combination of spectroscopic techniques and, in two cases, ((iPr)PDI)Fe(CO)(2)](+) and ((iPr)PDI)Fe(CO)(2)], metrical parameters from X-ray diffraction. The data establish that the cationic iron dicarbonyl complex is best described as a low-spin iron(I) compound (S(Fe) = ?) with a neutral bis(imino)pyridine chelate. The anionic iron dicarbonyl, ((iPr)PDI)Fe(CO)(2)](-), is also best described as an iron(I) compound but with a two-electron-reduced bis(imino)pyridine. The covalency of the neutral compound, ((iPr)PDI)Fe(CO)(2), suggests that both the oxidative and reductive events are not ligand- or metal-localized but a result of the cooperativity of both entities. |
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