We have exploited the capacity of the "(SiP3iPr)Fe(I)" scaffold to accommodate additional axial ligands and characterized the mononuclear S = 1/2 H-2 adduct complex (SiP3iPr)Fe-I(H-2). EPR and ENDOR data, in the context of X-ray structural results, revealed that this complex provides a highly unusual example of an open-shell metal complex that binds dihydrogen as a ligand. The H2 ligand at 2 K dynamically reorients within the ligand-binding pocket, tunneling among the energy minima created by strong interactions with the three Fe-P bonds.
A Nonclassical Dihydrogen Adduct of <i>S</i> = <sup>1</sup>/<sub>2</sub> Fe(I)
作者:Yunho Lee、R. Adam Kinney、Brian M. Hoffman、Jonas C. Peters
DOI:10.1021/ja207003m
日期:2011.10.19
We have exploited the capacity of the "(SiP3iPr)Fe(I)" scaffold to accommodate additional axial ligands and characterized the mononuclear S = 1/2 H-2 adduct complex (SiP3iPr)Fe-I(H-2). EPR and ENDOR data, in the context of X-ray structural results, revealed that this complex provides a highly unusual example of an open-shell metal complex that binds dihydrogen as a ligand. The H2 ligand at 2 K dynamically reorients within the ligand-binding pocket, tunneling among the energy minima created by strong interactions with the three Fe-P bonds.