As the [2Fe] H subsite models of [FeFe]-hydrogenases, a series of PNP-chelated and -bridged diiron dithiolate complexes 1a−f and 2a−f together with the three related monophosphine complexes 3a−c were prepared by the selective substitutions of the all-carbonyl complex Fe 2 (μpdt)(CO) 6 (A, pdt = SCH 2 CH 2 CH 2 S) with aminodiphosphines (Ph 2 P) 2 NR (denoted as PNP) under different reaction conditions. The first UV irradiation of the toluene solutions of A with different PNP ligands (PNP = (Ph 2 P) 2 NR; R = (CH 2 ) 3 Me, (CH 2 ) 3 NMe 2 , (CH 2 ) 3 Si(OEt) 3 , C 6 H 5 , C 6 H 4 OMe-p, C 6 H 4 CO 2 Me-p) readily afforded the target PNP-chelated complexes Fe 2 (μ-pdt)(CO) 4 {(κ 2 -Ph 2 P) 2 NR} (1a−f), while the reflux of xylene solutions of A with the aforementioned PNP ligands produced the PNP-bridged complexes Fe 2 (μ-pdt)(CO) 4 {(μ-Ph 2 P) 2 NR} (2a−f). Comparatively, treatments of A and one type of PNP ligand with N-aryl substituents R (R = C 6 H 5 , C 6 H 4 OMe-p, C 6 H 4 CO 2 Me-p) in MeCN at room temperature in the presence of the decarbonylating agent Me 3 NO•2H 2 O formed the unexpected monophosphine complexes Fe 2 (μ-pdt)(CO) 5 {κ 1 -Ph 2 P(NHR)} (3a−c) and the minor chelated complexes 1d−f. All of the complexes 1a−f, 2a−f, and 3a−c have been characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, NMR spectroscopy, and particularly for 1a,b,d−f, 2b,d−f, and 3b by X-ray crystallography. Additionally, the electrochemical and electrocatalytic properties of complexes 1a and 2a as a pair of representative isomers have been evaluated and compared by cyclic voltammetry in MeCN as solvent in the absence and presence of HOAc as a proton source.
As a further exploration of the asymmetrically substituted diiron models for the active site of [FeFe]hydrogenases, two new types of small bite-angle aminodiphosphine [(Ph 2 P) 2 NR; denoted as PNP in this study]chelated diiron N-phenyl-aza-and ethanedithioate complexes Fe 2 (μ-xdt)(CO) 4 {κ 2 -(Ph 2 P) 2 NR} (1a−1e) and (2a−2e), respectively, were successfully synthesized by the carbonyl substitution reactions of all-carbonyl diiron complexes Fe 2 (μxdt)(CO) 6 (xdt = SCH 2 N(Ph)CH 2 S (adt NPh ) and SCH 2 CH 2 S (edt)) with PNP (PNP = (Ph 2 P) 2 NR, R = CMe 3 , CH 2 CHMe 2 , (CH 2 ) 3 Me, (CH 2 ) 3 Si(OEt) 3 , and (CH 2 ) 3 NMe 2 ) in the presence of Me 3 NO•2H 2 O or UV irradiation.All the new complexes obtained above have been well characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR, NMR spectroscopy, and particularly for 1a, 1b, 2a, and 2d by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. By comparison, 31 P{ 1 H} NMR and X-ray crystallographic studies have clearly revealed that the change of the dithiolate bridge from adt NPh to edt has a significant influence on the coordination geometry of the chelating PNP ligands in Fe 2 S 2 complexes, in which the basal−basal configuration in the adt NPh complexes 1a−1e is favorable whereas the apical−basal conformation in the edt complexes 2a−2e is main. In addition, the electrochemical properties of complexes 1b and 2b as a pair of representative counterparts are evaluated and compared by cyclic voltammetry in the absence and presence of HOAc as a proton source, indicating that they are found to be electrocatalytically active.
Eight new O-alkyldithiophosphato nickel complexes 1-8 with chelating aminodiphosphine ligands have been successfully synthesized in moderate yields by the treatment of O,O′-alkydithiophosphoric acid salts (R 1
A series of meso–macroporous silica supports with the same macroporous diameter but different mesoporous diameters were prepared by introducing phase separation into a sol–gel process and used to prepare cobalt catalysts for Fischer–Tropsch synthesis.
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