作者:Fanjun Zhang、Jiong Jia、Shuli Dong、Wenguang Wang、Chen-Ho Tung
DOI:10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00179
日期:2016.4.25
Iron(II) hydride complexes of the "piano-stool" type, Cp*(P-P)FeH (P-P = dppe (1H) dppbz (2H), dppm (3H), dcpe (4H)) were examined as hydride donors in the reduction of N-benzylpyridinium and acridinium salts. Two pathways of hydride transfer, "single-step H-" transfer to pyridinium and a "two-step (e(-)/H-center dot)" transfer for acridinium reduction, were observed. When 1-benzylnicotinamide cation (BNA(+)) was used as an H- acceptor, kinetic studies suggested that BNA(+) was reduced at the C6 position, affording 1,6-BNAH, which can be converted to the more thermally stable 1,4-product. The rate constant k of H- transfer was very sensitive to the bite angle of P-Fe-P in Cp*(P-P)FeH and ranged from 3.23 X 10(-3) M-1 s(-1) for dppe to 1.74 X 10(-1) M-1 s(-1) for dppm. The results obtained from reduction of a range of N-benzylpyridinium derivatives suggest that H- transfer is more likely to be charge controlled. In the reduction of 10-methylacridinium ion (Acr(+)), the reaction was initiated by an e(-) transfer (ET) process and then followed by rapid disproportionation reactions to produce Acr(2) dimer and release of H-2. To achieve H-center dot transfer after ET from [Cp*(P-P)FeH](+) to acridine radicals, the bulkier acridinium salt 9-phenyl-10-methylacridinium (PhAcr(+)) was selected as an acceptor. More evidence for this "two-step (e(-)/H-center dot)" process was derived from the characterization of PhAcr(center dot) and [4H](+) radicals by EPR spectra and by the crystallographic structure confirmation of [4H](+). Our mechanistic understanding of fundamental H- transfer from iron(II) hydrides to NAD(+) analogues provides insight into establishing attractive bio-organometallic transformation cycles driven by iron catalysis.