Reversible (de)protonation-induced valence inversion in mixed-valent diiron(II,III) complexes

Inorg Chem. 2011 Jul 18;50(14):6408-10. doi: 10.1021/ic2007414. Epub 2011 Jun 14.

Abstract

The coupling of electron and proton transfers is currently under intense scrutiny. This Communication reports a new kind of proton-coupled electron transfer within a homodinuclear first-row transition-metal complex. The triply-bridged complex [Fe(III)(μ-OPh)(μ(2)-mpdp)Fe(II)(NH(2)Bn)] (1; mpdp(2-) = m-phenylenedipropionate) bearing a terminal aminobenzyl ligand can be reversibly deprotonated to the anilinate complex 2 whose core [Fe(II)(μ-OPh)(μ(2)-mpdp)Fe(III)(NHBn)] features an inversion of the iron valences. This observation is supported by a combination of UV-visible, (1)H NMR, and Mössbauer spectroscopic studies.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Electrons
  • Ferric Compounds / chemistry*
  • Ferrous Compounds / chemistry*
  • Ligands
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Protons
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Ferric Compounds
  • Ferrous Compounds
  • Ligands
  • Protons