Isolation and Reactivity of Tetrylene-Tetrylone-Iron Complexes Supported by Bis(N-Heterocyclic Imine) Ligands

  • Xuan Xuan Zhao
  • , Tibor Szilvási
  • , Franziska Hanusch
  • , John A. Kelly
  • , Shiori Fujimori
  • , Shigeyoshi Inoue

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Abstract

The germanium iron carbonyl complex 3 was prepared by the reaction of dimeric chloro(imino)germylene [IPrNGeCl]2 (IPrN=bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazolin-2-iminato) with one equivalent of Collman's reagent (Na2Fe(CO)4) at room temperature. Similarly, the reaction of chloro(imino)stannylene [IPrNSnCl]2 with Na2Fe(CO)4 (1 equiv) resulted in the Fe(CO)4-bridged bis(stannylene) complex 4. We observed reversible formation of bis(tetrylene) and tetrylene-tetrylone character in complexes 3 vs. 5 and 4 vs. 6, which was supported by DFT calculations. Moreover, the Li/Sn/Fe trimetallic complex 12 has been isolated from the reaction of [IPrNSnCl]2 with cyclopentadienyl iron dicarbonyl anion. The computational analysis further rationalizes the reduction pathway from these chlorotetrylenes to the corresponding complexes.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere202208930
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume61
Issue number39
DOIs
StatePublished - 26 Sep 2022

Keywords

  • Germanium
  • Iron Carbonyl Complexes
  • Low-Valent Compounds
  • Tin
  • Trimetallic Complexes

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