Reactivity of Fe and Ru Complexes of Picolyl-Substituted <i>N</i>-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligand: Diverse Coordination Modes and Small Molecule Binding
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Abstract
Abstract Complexes [MClCp*(HL)] (1[Fe]/1[Ru]) (where HL = 1-mesityl-3-(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)imidazol-2-ylidene) were synthesized from the reaction of in situ generated HL ligand and [FeClCp*(TMEDA)] (where TMEDA is N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylethylenediamine) or [RuClCp*]4, respectively. The deprotonation of 1[Fe]/1[Ru] with 1 equiv of LiHMDS led to cyclometalation through the o-Me of the mesityl group, forming [MCp*(L-κC,κC′,κN)] 2[Fe]/2[Ru]. The coordinatively unsaturated compounds [MCp*(HL)]BPh43[Fe]/3[Ru] were prepared from 1[Fe]/1[Ru] and halide scavenger NaBPh4. Complex 3[Ru] showed agostic interactions between the o-Me group of the mesityl moiety and the metal center in solution and the solid state. When the vacant coordination site of 3[Fe]/3[Ru] is occupied by CO, the resulting [MCp*(CO)(HL)]BPh44[Fe]/4[Ru] can be deprotonated with 1 equiv of KHMDS at the pyridylic position to afford complexes [MCp*L′(CO)] 5[Fe]/5[Ru], where the L′– ligand chelates to the metal center through the nitrogen donor atom of the dearomatized pyridine ring and the carbene carbon. Complex 2[Fe] reacted rapidly with CO to afford the simple ligand substitution product [FeCp*(L-κC,κC′)(CO)] 6[Fe], where the L– acts as a bidentate chelating ligand through the carbene carbon and benzylic carbon. Under the same condition, the reaction of 2[Ru] with CO forms [RuCp*L″(CO)] 7[Ru], where the L″– ligand (an isomer of L– and L′–) chelates to the metal center through the carbene carbon and a pyridyl carbon. Complexes 3[Fe]/3[Ru] reversibly bind dinitrogen to form [MCp*(HL)(N2)]BPh48[Fe]/8[Ru]. 3[Ru] reversibly binds dihydrogen to give [MCp*(H2)(HL)]BPh49[Ru], while no reaction was observed between 3[Fe] and H2. The reaction of 3[Ru] with dioxygen led to the isolation of a stable side-on O2 complex [RuCp*(HL)(O2)]BPh410[Ru], while the reaction of 3[Fe] with dioxygen led to an intractable mixture of products.
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Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
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