Iron(III) bound by hydrosulfide anion ligands: NO-promoted stabilization of the [Fe(III)-SH] motif

J Am Chem Soc. 2014 Jul 2;136(26):9424-33. doi: 10.1021/ja503683y. Epub 2014 Jun 20.

Abstract

Spontaneous transformation of the thermally stable [HS](-)-bound {Fe(NO)2}(9) dinitrosyl iron complex (DNIC) [(HS)2Fe(NO)2](-) (1) into [(NO)2Fe(μ-S)]2(2-) (Roussin's red salt (RRS)) along with release of H2S, probed by NBD-SCN (NBD = nitrobenzofurazan), was observed when DNIC 1 was dissolved in water at ambient temperature. The reversible transformation of RRS into DNIC 1 (RRS → DNIC 1) in the presence of H2S was demonstrated. In contrast, the thermally unstable hydrosulfide-containing mononitrosyl iron complex (MNIC) [(HS)3Fe(III)(NO)](-) (3) and [Fe(III)(SH)4](-) (5) in THF/DMF spontaneously dimerized into the first structurally characterized Fe(III)-hydrosulfide complexes [(NO)(SH)Fe(μ-S)]2(2-) (4) with two {Fe(NO)}(7) motifs antiferromagnetically coupled and [(SH)2Fe(μ-S)]2(2-) (6) resulting from two Fe(III) (S = 5/2) centers antiferromagnetically coupled to yield an S = 0 ground state with thermal occupancy of higher spin states, respectively. That is, the greater the number of NO ligands bound to [2Fe2S], the larger the antiferromagnetic coupling constant. On the basis of DFT computation and the experimental (and calculated) reduction potential (E1/2) of complexes 1, 3, and 5, the NO-coordinate ligand(s) of complexes 1 and 3 serves as the stronger electron-donating ligand, compared to thiolate, to reduce the effective nuclear charge (Zeff) of the iron center and prevent DNIC 1 from dimerization in an organic solvent (MeCN).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anions
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Ferric Compounds / chemistry*
  • Hydrogen Sulfide / chemistry*
  • Iron / chemistry
  • Iron Compounds / chemistry*
  • Ligands
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nitric Oxide / chemistry*
  • Nitrogen Oxides / chemistry
  • Nitroso Compounds / chemistry*

Substances

  • Anions
  • Ferric Compounds
  • Iron Compounds
  • Ligands
  • Nitrogen Oxides
  • Nitroso Compounds
  • Nitric Oxide
  • Roussin's red salt
  • dinitrosyl iron complex
  • Iron
  • Hydrogen Sulfide