Design and Characterization of Phosphine Iron Hydrides: Toward Hydrogen-Producing Catalysts
                                
                                    
                                        作者:Katharina Weber、Thomas Weyhermüller、Eckhard Bill、Özlen F. Erdem、Wolfgang Lubitz                                    
                                    
                                        DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b00911
                                    
                                    
                                        日期:2015.7.20
                                    
                                    Diamagnetic iron chloro compounds [((P2N2Ph)-N-Ph)FeCp*Cl] [1Cl] and [((P2N2Ph)-N-Cy)FeCp*Cl] [2Cl] and the corresponding hydrido complexes [((P2N2Ph)-N-Ph)- FeCp*H] [1H] and [((P2N2Ph)-N-Cy)FeCp*H] [2H] have been synthesized and characterized by NMR spectroscopy, electrochemical studies, electronic absorption, and Fe-57 Mossbauer spectroscopy ((P2N2Ph)-N-Ph = 1,3,5,7-tetraphenyl-1,5-diphospha3,7-diazacyclooctane, (P2N2Ph)-N-Cy = 1,5-dicydohexyl-3,7-diphenyl-1,5-diphospha-3,7-diazacydooctane, Cp* = pentamethylcydopentadienyl). Molecular structures of [2Cl], [1H], and [2H], derived from single-crystal X-ray diffraction, revealed that these compounds have a typical piano-stool geometry. The results show that the electronic properties of the hydrido complexes are strongly influenced by the substituents at the phosphorus donor atoms of the (P2N2Ph)-N-R ligand, whereas those of the chloro complexes are less affected. These results illustrate that the hydride is a strong-field ligand, as compared to chloride, and thus leads to a significant degree of covalent character of the iron hydride bonds. This is important in the context of possible catalytic intermediates of iron hydrido species, as proposed for the catalytic cycle of [FeFe] hydrogenases and other synthetic catalysts. Both hydrido compounds [1H] and [2H] show enhanced catalytic currents in cyclic voltammetry upon addition of the strong add trifluoromethanesulfonimide [NHTf2] (pKaMeCN = 1.0) In contrast Bu related complex [((PNBn)-N-tBu)(2)(FeCpH)-H-C6F5], which was reported by Liu et al. (Nat. Chem. 2O13,5, 228-233) to be an electrocatalyst for hydrogen splitting, the here presented hydride complexes [1H] and [2H] show the tendency for electrocatalytic hydrogen production. Hence, the catalytic direction of this class of monoiron compounds can be reversed by specific ligand modifications.