Reactions of 1,2,4‐Trithiolane, 1,2,5‐Trithiepane, 1,2,5‐Trithiocane and 1,2,6‐Trithionane with Nonacarbonyldiiron: Structural Determination and Electrochemical Investigation
作者:Jochen Windhager、Manfred Rudolph、Silvio Bräutigam、Helmar Görls、Wolfgang Weigand
DOI:10.1002/ejic.200700049
日期:2007.6
AbstractThe reactions of 1,2,4‐trithiolane (1), 1,2,5‐trithiepane (6), 1,2,5‐trithiocane (12) and 1,2,6‐trithionane (10) with nonacarbonyldiiron (2) have been investigated. A novel diiron model complex, which can serve as a model complex of the active site of [Fe‐only]‐hydrogenase, was formed from the reaction with 1. In contrast, the reaction of 6 with 2 afforded the trinuclear iron cluster 7. Interestingly, the diiron compound 11 was obtained with 1,2,6‐trithionane (10), which can be attributed to the more flexible dithiolato ligand 10. Furthermore, the reaction with 1,2,5‐trithiocane (12) yielded the trinuclear cluster 13. X‐ray structure analyses were performed on compounds 3, 7, 10, 11 and 13. The reactions of the reduced iron species 3 with pivalic acid (HP) were studied electrochemically. The most significant features of the experimental cyclic voltammograms (CVs) could be reproduced by digital simulation on the basis of a reaction scheme that includes both the coordination of HP as well as the catalytic generation of hydrogen. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2007)