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Transformation of an [Fe(η2‐N2H3)]+Species to π‐Delocalized [Fe2(μ‐N2H2)]2+/+Complexes

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: Diiron diazenes: A monomeric Fe(η2-N2H3) species has been prepared, and exposure to oxygen yields a diiron complex that features five-coordinate iron centers and an activated bridging diazene ligand (see picture; C gray, N blue, Fe black, P red, O green). Structural, theoretical, and spectroscopic data for the redox pair [Fe2(μ-N2H2)]2+/+ are consistent with 4-center, 4-electron π-delocalized bonding across the Fe-NH-NH-Fe core that finds analogy in butadiene and the butadiene anion.

Source: Angewandte Chemie International Edition

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201006299

Authors: Caroline T. Saouma, R. Adam Kinney, Brian M. Hoffman, Jonas C. Peters

Institutions: California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northwestern University

Language: English

Topic: Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis

Subfield: Organic Chemistry

Field: Chemistry

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Center for Research Resources