Secondary Coordination Sphere Influence on the Reactivity of Nonheme Iron(II) Complexes: An Experimental and DFT Approach
作者:Sumit Sahu、Leland R. Widger、Matthew G. Quesne、Sam P. de Visser、Hirotoshi Matsumura、Pierre Moënne-Loccoz、Maxime A. Siegler、David P. Goldberg
DOI:10.1021/ja402688t
日期:2013.7.24
The new biomimetic ligands N4Py(2Ph) (1) and N4Py(2Ph,amide) (2) were synthesized and yield the iron(II) complexes [Fe-II(N4Py(2Ph))(NCCH3)](BF4)(2) (3) and [Fe-II(N4Py(2Ph,amide))](BF4)(2) (5). Controlled orientation of the Ph substituents in 3 leads to facile triplet spin reactivity for a putative Fe-IV(O) intermediate, resulting in rapid arene hydroxylation. Addition of a peripheral amide substituent within hydrogen-bond distance of the iron first coordination sphere leads to stabilization of a high-spin (FeOOR)-O-III species which decays without arene hydroxylation. These results provide new insights regarding the impact of secondary coordination sphere effects at nonheme iron centers.