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A rare bond between a soft metal (FeI) and a relatively hard base (RO-, R = phenolic moiety)
Zhong, Wei,Tang, Ying,Zampella, Giuseppe,Wang, Xiufeng,Yang, Xinlei,Hu, Bin,Wang, Jiang,Xiao, Zhiyin,Wei, Zhenhong,Chen, Huanwen,De Gioia, Luca,Liu, Xiaoming
scheme or table, p. 1089 - 1092 (2011/01/11)
Reacting a bidentate ligand H2L, 2-(2-methoxybenzyl)-2- methylpropane-1,3-dithiol, with Fe3(CO)12 formed a diiron hexacarbonyl complex (1Me) from which a diiron hexacarbonyl complex (1H) pendant with a phenolic group was derived via in-situ demethylation. Further deprotonation of complex 1H gave a diiron pentacarbonyl species (1) in which a rare bond between the soft metal FeI and the relatively hard base phenolate formed, FeI-OR (R = phenolic moiety). This bonding may be a suitable mimic of the bonding feature, {FeIFeI}R-OH/ OH2 found in the [FeFe]-hydrogenase.
