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An Ultra-Stable Oxoiron(IV) Complex and Its Blue Conjugate Base.

ABSTRACT: Treatment of [FeII(L)](OTf)2 (4), (where L = 1,4,8-Me3cyclam-11-CH2C(O)NMe2) with iodosylbenzene yielded the corresponding S = 1 oxoiron(IV) complex [FeIV(O(L)](OTf)2 (5) in nearly quantitative yield. The remarkably high stability of 5 (t1/2 ? 5 days at 25 °C) facilitated its characterization by X-ray crystallography and a raft of spectroscopic techniques. Treatment of 5 with strong base was found to generate a distinct, significantly less stable S = 1 oxoiron(IV) complex, 6 (t1/2 ~ 1.5 hrs. at 0 °C), which could be converted back to 5 by addition of a strong acid; these observations indicate that 5 and 6 represent a conjugate acid-base pair. That 6 can be formulated as [FeIV(O)(L-H)](OTf) was further supported by ESI mass spectrometry, spectroscopic and electrochemical studies, and DFT calculations. The close structural similarity of 5 and 6 provided a unique opportunity to probe the influence of the donor trans to the FeIV=O unit upon its reactivity in H-atom transfer (HAT) and O-atom transfer (OAT), and 5 was found to display greater reactivity than 6 in both OAT and HAT. While the greater OAT reactivity of 5 is expected on the basis of its higher redox potential, its higher HAT reactivity does not follow the anti-electrophilic trend reported for a series of [FeIV(O)(TMC)(X)] complexes (TMC = tetramethylcyclam) and thus appears to be inconsistent with the Two-State Reactivity rationale that is the prevailing explanation for the relative facility of oxoiron(IV) complexes to undergo HAT.

SUBMITTER: England J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3956701 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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An Ultra-Stable Oxoiron(IV) Complex and Its Blue Conjugate Base.

England Jason J Bigelow Jennifer O JO Van Heuvelen Katherine M KM Farquhar Erik R ER Martinho Marléne M Meier Katlyn K KK Frisch Jonathan R JR Münck Eckard E Que Lawrence L

Chemical science 20140301 3

Treatment of [FeII(L)](OTf)2 (4), (where L = 1,4,8-Me3cyclam-11-CH2C(O)NMe2) with iodosylbenzene yielded the corresponding S = 1 oxoiron(IV) complex [FeIV(O(L)](OTf)2 (5) in nearly quantitative yield. The remarkably high stability of 5 (t1/2 ≈ 5 days at 25 °C) facilitated its characterization by X-ray crystallography and a raft of spectroscopic technique ...[more]

PMID: 24660055

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