New phenanthroline iron complexes: Synthesis and catalytic activity in alkane oxidation with hydrogen peroxide
摘要:
New binuclear iron complexes with labile coordination sites, [Fe2OL4(H2O)(2)](ClO4)(4) where L stands for hydrophobic phenanthroline (phen) bearing electronegative and lipophilic substituents (Cl, Br, C2H5, C6H5, C6H13), are synthesized. The stereospecificity, alcohol/ketone ratio, regioselectivity, and substituent effect in the hydroxylation of alkanes (cyclohexane, adamantane, cis-1,2-dimethylcyclohexane) with hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by these complexes are studied. The said parameters, as well as a decrease in the alkane oxidation regioselectivity with increasing hydrogen peroxide concentration, are similar to the respective parameters for mononuclear iron complexes of tetradentate ligands. The results confirm that regardless of the nature of chelating ligands, the same mechanism operates in both cases, namely, the transfer of an oxygen atom with the participation of ferryl intermediates.
The synthesis, characterization, nonlinear optical properties and DFT calculations for a new Ni-diiminedithiolate complex [Ni(Cl-4-phen)(mi-5edt)] (Cl-4-phen = 3,4,7,8-tetrachloro-1,10-phenanthroline; mi-5edt = 1-(N-methylindol-5-yl)-ethene-1,2-dithiolate), are reported. The UV-Vis spectrum shows a solvatochromic absorption at 700 nm in DMF (epsilon = 5520 mol(-1) dm(3) cm(-1)) due to a charge-transfer (CT) highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO)-lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) transition, typical of push-pull complexes. The CT character of this electronic transition is confirmed by DFT calculations with the HOMO mainly centered on the mi-5edt moiety and the LUMO on the Cl-4-phen ligand. By comparison with the unsubstituted analogue compound, computational studies confirm the role of the chlorination enhancing the optical properties of this complex. The second order nonlinear optical properties were measured by EFISH technique (at 1.907 mu m), giving values of -2030 and -810 x 10(-48) esu for mu beta(1.907) and mu beta(0), respectively. These values are among the highest reported so far for the class of d(8) square-planar push-pull compounds. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.