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EPR/ENDOR and Theoretical Study of the Jahn-Teller-Active [HIPTN3N]MoVL Complexes (L = N-, NH).


ABSTRACT: The molybdenum trisamidoamine (TAA) complex [Mo] {[3,5-(2,4,6-i-Pr3C6H2)2C6H3NCH2CH2N]Mo} carries out catalytic reduction of N2 to ammonia (NH3) by protons and electrons at room temperature. A key intermediate in the proposed [Mo] nitrogen reduction cycle is nitridomolybdenum(VI), [Mo(VI)]N. The addition of [e-/H+] to [Mo(VI)]N to generate [Mo(V)]NH might, in principle, follow one of three possible pathways: direct proton-coupled electron transfer; H+ first and then e-; e- and then H+. In this study, the paramagnetic Mo(V) intermediate {[Mo]N}- and the [Mo]NH transfer product were generated by irradiating the diamagnetic [Mo]N and {[Mo]NH}+ Mo(VI) complexes, respectively, with ?-rays at 77 K, and their electronic and geometric structures were characterized by electron paramagnetic resonance and electron nuclear double resonance spectroscopies, combined with quantum-chemical computations. In combination with previous X-ray studies, this creates the rare situation in which each one of the four possible states of [e-/H+] delivery has been characterized. Because of the degeneracy of the electronic ground states of both {[Mo(V)]N}- and [Mo(V)]NH, only multireference-based methods such as the complete active-space self-consistent field (CASSCF) and related methods provide a qualitatively correct description of the electronic ground state and vibronic coupling. The molecular g values of {[Mo]N}- and [Mo]NH exhibit large deviations from the free-electron value ge. Their actual values reflect the relative strengths of vibronic and spin-orbit coupling. In the course of the computational treatment, the utility and limitations of a formal two-state model that describes this competition between couplings are illustrated, and the implications of our results for the chemical reactivity of these states are discussed.

SUBMITTER: Sharma A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5678948 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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EPR/ENDOR and Theoretical Study of the Jahn-Teller-Active [HIPTN<sub>3</sub>N]Mo<sup>V</sup>L Complexes (L = N<sup>-</sup>, NH).

Sharma Ajay A   Roemelt Michael M   Reithofer Michael M   Schrock Richard R RR   Hoffman Brian M BM   Neese Frank F  

Inorganic chemistry 20170601 12


The molybdenum trisamidoamine (TAA) complex [Mo] {[3,5-(2,4,6-i-Pr<sub>3</sub>C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>2</sub>)<sub>2</sub>C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>3</sub>NCH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>N]Mo} carries out catalytic reduction of N<sub>2</sub> to ammonia (NH<sub>3</sub>) by protons and electrons at room temperature. A key intermediate in the proposed [Mo] nitrogen reduction cycle is nitridomolybdenum(VI), [Mo(VI)]N. The addition of [e<sup>-</sup>/H<sup>+</sup>] to [Mo(VI)]N to generate [Mo(V)]NH might, in princi  ...[more]

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