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Heteroleptic Four-Coordinate Tris(oxazolinyl)borato Iron(II) Compounds
Ames Laboratory Accepted Manuscripts
  • Regina R. Reinig, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • Arkady Ellern, Iowa State University
  • Aaron D. Sadow, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
Publication Date
4-17-2019
Department
Ames Laboratory; Chemistry
OSTI ID+
1514882
Report Number
IS-J 9878
DOI
10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b00359
Journal Title
Inorganic Chemistry
Abstract

The reaction of FeBr2 and 1 equiv of thallium tris(4,4-dimethyl-2-oxazolinyl)phenylborate (TlToM) in THF provides ToMFeBr (1), whereas FeBr2 and 2 equiv of TlToM react to give (ToM)2Fe (2). Two νCN bands at 1604 and 1548 cm–1 indicated bidentate coordination of ToM to iron in 2. Homoleptic 2 and FeBr2 react in THF overnight through an unusual ligand exchange process to give compound 1, which is apparently the thermodynamic product. The salt metathesis reaction of 1 and KCH2Ph affords ToMFeCH2Ph (3). The effective magnetic moments of compounds 1–3 range from 4.9 to 5.4 μB, and these values are consistent with high-spin iron(II) (S = 2). A single 1H NMR signal assigned to the methyl groups of the ToM ligand suggested tridentate coordination of the ToM ligand to iron in 1 and 3. X-ray crystallography studies of 1–3 establish their structure as four-coordinated tetrahedral iron complexes. ToMFeBn and CO (1 atm) react to afford isolable ToMFe{C(═O)Bn}(CO)2 (4) as a yellow solid. Complex 4 is diamagnetic (S = 0), and the three distinct methyl signals in the 1H NMR spectrum are consistent with a six-coordinate, Cs-symmetric species. This assignment is supported by its IR spectrum, which revealed intense bands at 2004 and 1935 cm–1 (symmetric and asymmetric νCO), at 1680 and 1662 cm–1 (acyl rotamers, νCO), and at 1593 and 1553 cm–1 (νCN) and is confirmed by a single-crystal X-ray diffraction study.

DOE Contract Number(s)
AC02-07CH11358
Language
en
Publisher
Iowa State University Digital Repository, Ames IA (United States)
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Citation Information
Regina R. Reinig, Arkady Ellern and Aaron D. Sadow. "Heteroleptic Four-Coordinate Tris(oxazolinyl)borato Iron(II) Compounds" Vol. 58 Iss. 9 (2019) p. 6044 - 6051
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/aaron_sadow/59/