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Article
Hemilabile Proton Relays and Redox-Activity Lead to {FeNO}x and Significant Rate Enhancements in NO2- Reduction.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
(2018)
Abstract
Incorporation of the triad of redox activity, hemilability, and proton responsivity into a single ligand scaffold is reported. Due to this triad, the complexes Fe(PyrrPDI)(CO)2 (3) and Fe(MorPDI)(CO)2 (4) display 40-fold enhancements in the initial rate of NO2– reduction, with respect to Fe(MeOPDI)(CO)2 (7). Utilizing the proper sterics and pKa of the pendant base(s) to introduce hemilability into our ligand scaffolds, we report unusual {FeNO}x mononitrosyl iron complexes (MNICs) as intermediates in the NO2– reduction reaction. The {FeNO}x species behave spectroscopically and computationally similar to {FeNO}7, an unusual intermediate-spin Fe(III) coupled to triplet NO– and a singly reduced PDI ligand. These {FeNO}x MNICs facilitate enhancements in the initial rate.
Keywords
- Hemilabile proton relays,
- Proton responsivity
Disciplines
Publication Date
December 12, 2018
DOI
10.1021/jacs.8b08520
Publisher Statement
Copyright 2019, American Chemical Society
Citation Information
Hemilabile Proton Relays and Redox Activity Lead to {FeNO}x and Significant Rate Enhancements in NO2– Reduction
Pui Man Cheung, Kyle T. Burns, Yubin M. Kwon, Megan Y. Deshaye, Kristopher J. Aguayo, Victoria F. Oswald, Takele Seda, Lev N. Zakharov, Tim Kowalczyk, and John D. Gilbertson
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2018 140 (49), 17040-17050
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b08520