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Yang D, Wang B, Qu J. Construction and Function of Thiolate-Bridged Diiron N xH y Nitrogenase Model Complexes. Acc Chem Res 2024. [PMID: 38861704 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.4c00068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
Abstract
ConspectusBiological nitrogen fixation mediated by nitrogenases has garnered significant research interest due to its critical importance to the development of efficient catalysts for mild ammonia synthesis. Although the active center of the most studied FeMo-nitrogenases has been determined to be a complicated [Fe7S9MoC] hetero-multinuclear metal-sulfur cluster known as the FeMo-cofactor, the exact binding site and reduction pathway of N2 remain a subject of debate. Over the past decades, the majority of studies have focused on mononuclear molybdenum or iron centers as potential reaction sites. In stark contrast, cooperative activation of N2 through bi- or multimetallic centers has been largely overlooked and underexplored, despite the renewed interest sparked by recent biochemical and computational studies. Consequently, constructing bioinspired bi- or multinuclear metallic model complexes presents an intriguing yet challenging prospect. In this Account, we detail our long-standing research on the design and synthesis of novel thiolate-bridged diiron complexes as nitrogenase models and their application to chemical simulations of potential biological N2 reduction pathways.Inspired by the structural and electronic features of the potential diiron active center in the belt region of the FeMo-cofactor, we have designed and synthesized a series of new thiolate-bridged diiron nitrogenase model complexes, wherein iron centers with +2 or +3 oxidation states are coordinated by Cp* as carbon-based donors and thiolate ligands as sulfur donors. Through the synergistic interaction between the two iron centers, unstable diazene (NH═NH) species can be trapped to generate the first example of a [Fe2S2]-type complex bearing a cis-μ-η1:η1-NH═NH subunit. Significantly, this species can not only catalyze the reductive N-N bond cleavage of hydrazine to ammonia but also trigger a stepwise reduction sequence NH═NH → [NH2-NH]- → [NH]2-(+NH3) → [NH2]- → NH3. Furthermore, an unprecedented thiolate-bridged diiron μ-nitride featuring a bent Fe-N-Fe moiety was successfully isolated and structurally characterized. Importantly, this diiron μ-nitride can undergo successive proton-coupled electron transfer processes to efficiently release ammonia in the presence of separate protons and electrons and can even be directly hydrogenated using H2 as a combination of protons and electrons for high-yield ammonia formation. Based on combined experimental and computational studies, we proposed two distinct reductive transformation sequences on the diiron centers, which involve a series of crucial NxHy intermediates. Moreover, we also achieved catalytic N2 reduction to silylamines with [Fe2S2]-type complexes by ligand modulation.Our bioinspired diiron cooperative scaffold may provide a suitable model for probing the potential N2 stepwise reduction pathways from the molecular level. Different from the traditional alternating and distal pathways dominated by mononuclear iron or molybdenum complexes, our proposed alternating transformation route based on the diiron centers may not involve the N2H4 intermediate, and the convergence point of the alternating and terminal pathways is imide, not amide. Our research strategy could inform the design and development of new types of bioinspired catalysts for mild and efficient nitrogen reduction in the future.
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- Dawei Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Centre for Biomanufacturing, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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Scott AG, Galico DA, Bogacz I, Oyala PH, Yano J, Suturina EA, Murugesu M, Agapie T. High-Spin and Reactive Fe 13 Cluster with Exposed Metal Sites. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202313880. [PMID: 37871234 PMCID: PMC10962695 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202313880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2023] [Revised: 10/23/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
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Atomically defined large metal clusters have applications in new reaction development and preparation of materials with tailored properties. Expanding the synthetic toolbox for reactive high nuclearity metal complexes, we report a new class of Fe clusters, Tp*4 W4 Fe13 S12 , displaying a Fe13 core with M-M bonds that has precedent only in main group and late metal chemistry. M13 clusters with closed shell electron configurations can show significant stability and have been classified as superatoms. In contrast, Tp*4 W4 Fe13 S12 displays a large spin ground state of S=13. This compound performs small molecule activations involving the transfer of up to 12 electrons resulting in significant cluster rearrangements.
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- Anna G. Scott
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1 N6 N5 (Canada)
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, CA 94720 (USA)
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 (USA)
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, CA 94720 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1 N6 N5 (Canada)
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 (USA)
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Mei T, Zhang P, Song Z, Wang B, Qu J, Ye S, Yang D. Unusual Hydrogenation Reactivities of a Thiolate-Bridged Dicobalt μ-Nitride Featuring a Bent {Co III-N-Co III} Core. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:20578-20587. [PMID: 37674257 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c07254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
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Transition metal nitrides have received considerable attention owing to their crucial roles in nitrogen fixation and nitrogen atom transfer reactions. Compared to the early and middle transition metals, it is much more challenging to access late transition metal nitrides, especially cobalt in group 9. So far, only a handful of cobalt nitrides have been reported; consequently, their hydrogenation reactivity is largely unexplored. Herein, we present a structurally and spectroscopically well-characterized thiolate-bridged dicobalt μ-nitride [Cp*CoIII(μ-SAd)(μ-N)CoIIICp*] (2) featuring a bent {CoIII(μ-N)CoIII} core. Remarkably, complex 2 can realize not only direct hydrogenation of nitride to amide but also stepwise N-H bond formation from nitride to ammonia. Specifically, 2 can facilely activate dihydrogen (H2) at mild conditions to generate a dicobalt μ-amide [Cp*CoII(μ-SAd)(μ-NH2)CoIICp*] (4) via an unusual mechanism of two-electron oxidation of H2 as proposed by computational studies; in the presence of protons (H+) and electrons, nitride 2 can convert to dicobalt μ-imide [Cp*CoIII(μ-SAd)(μ-NH)CoIIICp*][BPh4] (3[BPh4]) and to CoIICoII μ-amide 4, and finally release ammonia. In contrast to 2, the only other structurally characterized dicobalt μ-nitride Na(THF)4{[(ketguan)CoIII(N3)]2(μ-N)} (ketguan = [(tBu2CN)C(NDipp)2]-, Dipp = 2,6-diisopropylphenyl) (e) that possesses a linear {CoIII(μ-N)CoIII} moiety cannot directly react with H2 or H+. Further in-depth electronic structure analyses shed light on how the varying geometries of the {CoIII(μ-N)CoIII} moieties in 2 and e, bent vs linear, impart their disparate reactivities.
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- Tao Mei
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Centre for Biomanufacturing, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, P. R. China
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Su L, Yang D, Jiang Y, Li Y, Di K, Wang B, Ye S, Qu J. A Bioinspired Iron‐Molybdenum μ‐Nitrido Complex and Its Reactivity toward Ammonia Formation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202203121. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202203121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Linan Su
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals Dalian University of Technology 2 Linggong Road Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals Dalian University of Technology 2 Linggong Road Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals Dalian University of Technology 2 Linggong Road Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals Dalian University of Technology 2 Linggong Road Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals Dalian University of Technology 2 Linggong Road Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals Dalian University of Technology 2 Linggong Road Dalian 116024 China
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Centre for Biomanufacturing Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry East China University of Science and Technology 130 Meilong Road Shanghai 200237 China
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Su L, Yang D, Jiang Y, Li Y, Di K, Wang B, Ye S, Qu J. A Bioinspired Iron‐Molybdenum μ‐Nitrido Complex and Its Reactivity toward Ammonia Formation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202203121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Linan Su
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals Dalian University of Technology 2 Linggong Road Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals Dalian University of Technology 2 Linggong Road Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals Dalian University of Technology 2 Linggong Road Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals Dalian University of Technology 2 Linggong Road Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals Dalian University of Technology 2 Linggong Road Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 457 Zhongshan Road Dalian 116024 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals Dalian University of Technology 2 Linggong Road Dalian 116024 China
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Centre for Biomanufacturing Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry East China University of Science and Technology 130 Meilong Road Shanghai 200237 China
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Zhang Y, Zhao J, Yang D, Wang B, Zhou Y, Wang J, Chen H, Mei T, Ye S, Qu J. A thiolate-bridged Fe IVFe IV μ-nitrido complex and its hydrogenation reactivity toward ammonia formation. Nat Chem 2022; 14:46-52. [PMID: 34949791 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-021-00852-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Iron nitrides are key intermediates in biological nitrogen fixation and the industrial Haber-Bosch process, used to form ammonia from dinitrogen. However, the proposed successive conversion of nitride to ammonia remains elusive. In this regard, the search for well-described multi-iron nitrido model complexes and investigations on controlling their reactivity towards ammonia formation have long been of great challenge and importance. Here we report a well-defined thiolate-bridged FeIVFeIV μ-nitrido complex featuring an uncommon bent Fe-N-Fe moiety. Remarkably, this complex shows excellent reactivity toward hydrogenation with H2 at ambient conditions, forming ammonia in high yield. Combined experimental and computational studies demonstrate that a thiolate-bridged FeIIIFeIII μ-amido complex is a key intermediate, which is generated through an unusual two-electron oxidation of H2. Moreover, ammonia production was also realized by treating this diiron μ-nitride with electrons and water as a proton source.
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- Yixin Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, People's Republic of China
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- Mössbauer Effect Data Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, People's Republic of China
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany. .,State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, People's Republic of China. .,State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomanufacturing, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
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Bigness A, Vaddypally S, Zdilla MJ, Mendoza-Cortes JL. Ubiquity of cubanes in bioinorganic relevant compounds. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.214168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Wang Q, Brooks SH, Liu T, Tomson NC. Tuning metal-metal interactions for cooperative small molecule activation. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:2839-2853. [PMID: 33624638 PMCID: PMC8274379 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc07721f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cluster complexes have attracted interest for decades due to their promise of drawing analogies to metallic surfaces and metalloenzyme active sites, but only recently have chemists started to develop ligand scaffolds that are specifically designed to support multinuclear transition metal cores. Such ligands not only hold multiple metal centers in close proximity but also allow for fine-tuning of their electronic structures and surrounding steric environments. This Feature Article highlights ligand designs that allow for cooperative small molecule activation at cluster complexes, with a particular focus on complexes that contain metal-metal bonds. Two useful ligand-design elements have emerged from this work: a degree of geometric flexibility, which allows for novel small molecule activation modes, and the use of redox-active ligands to provide electronic flexibility to the cluster core. The authors have incorporated these factors into a unique class of dinucleating macrocycles (nPDI2). Redox-active fragments in nPDI2 mimic the weak-overlap covalent bonding that is characteristic of M-M interactions, and aliphatic linkers in the ligand backbone provide geometric flexibility, allowing for interconversion between a range of geometries as the dinuclear core responds to the requirements of various small molecule substrates. The union of these design elements appears to be a powerful combination for analogizing critical aspects of heterogeneous and metalloenzyme catalysts.
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- Qiuran Wang
- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
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Cha J, Kwon H, Song H, Lee E. Dinitrogen activation by a penta-pyridyl molybdenum complex. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:12945-12949. [DOI: 10.1039/d0dt02692a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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A new dinitrogen (N2) molybdenum(0) complex supported exclusively by pyridine ligands was synthesized.
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- Jeongmin Cha
- Department of Chemistry
- Pohang University of Science and Technology
- 37673 Pohang
- Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry
- Pohang University of Science and Technology
- 37673 Pohang
- Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry
- Pohang University of Science and Technology
- 37673 Pohang
- Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry
- Pohang University of Science and Technology
- 37673 Pohang
- Republic of Korea
- Division of Advanced Materials Science
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Xu G, Zhou J, Wang Z, Holm RH, Chen XD. Controlled Incorporation of Nitrides into W-Fe-S Clusters. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:16469-16473. [PMID: 31489739 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201908968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Incorporation of monatomic 2p ligands into the core of iron-sulfur clusters has been researched since the discovery of interstitial carbide in the FeMo cofactor of Mo-dependent nitrogenase, but has proven to be a synthetic challenge. Herein, two distinct synthetic pathways are rationalized to install nitride ligands into targeted positions of W-Fe-S clusters, generating unprecedented nitride-ligated iron-sulfur clusters, namely [(Tp*)2 W2 Fe6 (μ4 -N)2 S6 L4 ]2- (Tp*=tris(3,5-dimethyl-1-pyrazolyl)hydroborate(1-), L=Cl- or Br- ). 57 Fe Mössbauer study discloses metal oxidation states of WIV 2 FeII 4 FeIII 2 with localized electron distribution, which is analogous to the mid-valent iron centres of FeMo cofactor at resting state. Good agreement of Mössbauer data with the empirical linear relationship for Fe-S clusters indicates similar ligand behaviour of nitride and sulfide in such clusters, providing useful reference for reduced nitrogen in a nitrogenase-like environment.
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- Gan Xu
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, China
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Xu G, Zhou J, Wang Z, Holm RH, Chen X. Controlled Incorporation of Nitrides into W‐Fe‐S Clusters. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201908968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Gan Xu
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power BatteriesSchool of Chemistry and Materials ScienceNanjing Normal University Nanjing Jiangsu 210023 China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power BatteriesSchool of Chemistry and Materials ScienceNanjing Normal University Nanjing Jiangsu 210023 China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power BatteriesSchool of Chemistry and Materials ScienceNanjing Normal University Nanjing Jiangsu 210023 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical BiologyHarvard University Cambridge MA 02138 USA
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials and Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power BatteriesSchool of Chemistry and Materials ScienceNanjing Normal University Nanjing Jiangsu 210023 China
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Bhutto SM, Holland PL. Dinitrogen Activation and Functionalization using β-Diketiminate Iron Complexes. Eur J Inorg Chem 2019; 2019:1861-1869. [PMID: 31213945 DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201900133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Iron catalysts are adept at breaking the N-N bond of N2, as exemplified by the iron-catalyzed Haber-Bosch process and the iron-containing clusters at the active sites of nitrogenase enzymes. This Minireview summarizes recent work that has identified a well-characterized set of multi-iron complexes that are capable of breaking and functionalizing N2, and are amenable to detailed mechanistic studies. We discuss the redox balancing, the potential intermediates during N2 activation, the variation of alkali metal reductant, the reversibility of N2 cleavage, and the formation of N-H and N-C bonds from N2.
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- Samuel M Bhutto
- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, 225 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, 225 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Multimetallic cofactors supported by weak-field donors frequently function as reaction centers in metalloproteins, and many of these cofactors catalyze small molecule activation (e.g., N2, O2, CO2) with prominent roles in geochemical element cycles or detoxification. Notable examples include the iron-molybdenum cofactor of the molybdenum-dependent nitrogenases, which catalyze N2 fixation, and the NiFe4S4 cluster and the Mo(O)SCu site in various carbon monoxide dehydrogenases. The prevailing proposed reaction mechanisms for these multimetallic cofactors relies on a cooperative pathway, in which the oxidation state changes are distributed over the aggregate coupled with orbital overlap between the substrate and more than one metal ion within the cluster. Such cooperativity has also been proposed for chemical transformations at the surfaces of heterogeneous catalysts. However, the design details that afford cooperative effects and allow such reactivity to be harnessed effectively in homogeneous synthetic systems remain unclear. Relatedly, hydride donors ligated to these metal cluster cofactors are suggested as precursors to the state that reacts with substrates; here too, however, the reactivity of hydride-decorated clusters supported by weak-field ligands is underexplored. Inspired by the reactivity potential of multimetallic assemblies evidenced in biological systems, approaches to design, synthesize, and evaluate reactivity of polynuclear metal compounds have been actively explored. In a similar vein to the templating function afforded by enzyme active sites, a carefully engineered organic ligand can be employed to control metal nuclearity of the complex and the local coordination environment of each metal center. This Account presents our efforts within this field, beginning with ligand design considerations followed by a survey of observed small molecule activation by trimetallic cyclophanates. We highlight the distinct reactivity outcomes accessed by multimetallic compounds as compared to aggregates that assemble in reaction mixtures from monometallic precursors. Contributing to the opportunity for programmed cooperativity in these designed multimetallic compounds, the cyclophane also dictates the orientation of substrate binding and metal-substrate interactions, which has a prominent influence on reactivity. For example, the dinitrogen-tricopper(I) cyclophanate reacts with dioxygen with markedly different results as compared to monocopper compounds. As an unexpected outcome, one series of tricopper compounds were discovered to be competent catalysts for carbon dioxide reduction to oxalate-a formally one-electron process-hinting at an inherently broader reaction scope for weak-field clusters at lowering the barrier for one-electron pathways as well as multielectron redox transformations. Further reflecting the role of the ligand in tuning reactivity, the trimetallic trihydride cluster compounds, [M3(μ-H)3]3+ (M = FeII, CoII, ZnII), demonstrate substrate specificity for CO2 over various other unsaturated molecules and surprising stability toward water. This series reflects the role of the local environment of a shallow ligand pocket to control substrate access. Summed together, the systems described here evidence the anticipated cooperative reactivity accessed in designed multimetallic species vs self-assembled monometallic systems (e.g., O2 activation and O atom transfer) as well as control of substrate access by seemingly subtle structural effects. Indeed, future efforts aim to interrogate the limits of cooperativity in these systems as well as the role of ligand dynamics and sterics on reactivity.
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- Ricardo B. Ferreira
- Center for Catalysis and Florida Center for Heterocyclic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- Center for Catalysis and Florida Center for Heterocyclic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- Ionel Haiduc
- Facultatea de Chimie, Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Ferreira RB, Cook BJ, Knight BJ, Catalano VJ, García-Serres R, Murray LJ. Catalytic Silylation of Dinitrogen by a Family of Triiron Complexes. ACS Catal 2018; 8:7208-7212. [PMID: 30574427 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b02021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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A series of triiron complexes supported by a tris(β-diketiminate)cyclophane (L 3- ) catalyze the reduction of dinitrogen to tris(trimethylsilyl)amine using KC8 and Me3SiCl. Employing Fe3Br3 L affords 83 ± 7 equiv. NH4 +/complex after protonolysis, which is a 50% yield based on reducing equivalents. The series of triiron compounds tested evidences the subtle effects of ancillary donors, including halides, hydrides, sulfides, and carbonyl ligands, and metal oxidation state on N(SiMe3)3 yield, and highlight Fe3(μ3-N)L as a common species in product mixtures. These results suggest that ancillary ligands can be abstracted with Lewis acids under reducing conditions.
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- Ricardo B. Ferreira
- Center for Catalysis and Florida Center for Heterocyclic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- Center for Catalysis and Florida Center for Heterocyclic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- Center for Catalysis and Florida Center for Heterocyclic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, United States
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, BIG, LCBM (UMR 5249), F-38054 Grenoble, France
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- Center for Catalysis and Florida Center for Heterocyclic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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Pick FS, Leznoff DB, Fryzuk MD. Redox behaviour of ([fc(NPiPr2)2]Fe)2, formation of an iron–iron bond and cleavage of azobenzene. Dalton Trans 2018; 47:10925-10931. [DOI: 10.1039/c8dt00828k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The redox behaviour of the dimeric tetrairon complex, ([fc(NPiPr2)2]Fe)2 (where fc(NPiPr2)2 = 1,1′-(C5H4NPiPr2)2Fe) has been investigated.
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- Fraser S. Pick
- Department of Chemistry
- The University of British Columbia
- Vancouver
- Canada
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- Deprtment of Chemistry
- Simon Fraser University
- 8888 University Drive
- Burnaby
- Canada V5A 1S6
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- Department of Chemistry
- The University of British Columbia
- Vancouver
- Canada
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Anderton KJ, Ermert DM, Quintero PA, Turvey MW, Fataftah MS, Abboud KA, Meisel MW, Čižmár E, Murray LJ. Correlating Bridging Ligand with Properties of Ligand-Templated [Mn II3X 3] 3+ Clusters (X = Br -, Cl -, H -, MeO -). Inorg Chem 2017; 56:12012-12022. [PMID: 28920698 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Polynuclear manganese compounds have garnered interest as mimics and models of the water oxidizing complex (WOC) in photosystem II and as single molecule magnets. Molecular systems in which composition can be correlated to physical phenomena, such as magnetic exchange interactions, remain few primarily because of synthetic limitations. Here, we report the synthesis of a family of trimanganese(II) complexes of the type Mn3X3L (X = Cl-, H-, and MeO-) where L3- is a tris(β-diketiminate) cyclophane. The tri(chloride) complex (2) is structurally similar to the reported tri(bromide) complex (1) with the Mn3X3 core having a ladder-like arrangement of alternating M-X rungs, whereas the tri(μ-hydride) (3) and tri(μ-methoxide) (4) complexes contain planar hexagonal cores. The hydride and methoxide complexes are synthesized in good yield (48% and 56%) starting with the bromide complex employing a metathesis-like strategy. Compounds 2-4 were characterized by combustion analysis, X-ray crystallography, X-band EPR spectroscopy, SQUID magnetometry, and infrared and UV-visible spectroscopy. Magnetic susceptibility measurements indicate that the Mn3 clusters in 2-4 are antiferromagnetically coupled, and the spin ground state of the compounds (S = 3/2 (1, 2) or S = 1/2 (3, 4)) is correlated to the identity of the bridging ligand and structural arrangement of the Mn3X3 core (X = Br, Cl, H, OCH3). Electrochemical experiments on isobutyronitrile solutions of 3 and 4 display broad irreversible oxidations centered at 0.30 V.
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- Kevin J Anderton
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Catalysis and Center for Heterocyclic Compounds, University of Florida , Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Catalysis and Center for Heterocyclic Compounds, University of Florida , Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- Department of Physics and the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, University of Florida , Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- Department of Physics and the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, University of Florida , Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University , Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Catalysis and Center for Heterocyclic Compounds, University of Florida , Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- Department of Physics and the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, University of Florida , Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University , 04154 Košice, Slovakia
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Catalysis and Center for Heterocyclic Compounds, University of Florida , Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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Anderton KJ, Knight BJ, Rheingold AL, Abboud KA, García-Serres R, Murray LJ. Reactivity of hydride bridges in a high-spin [Fe 3(μ-H) 3] 3+ cluster: reversible H 2/CO exchange and Fe-H/B-F bond metathesis. Chem Sci 2017; 8:4123-4129. [PMID: 28603601 PMCID: PMC5443887 DOI: 10.1039/c6sc05583d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Accepted: 03/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The triiron trihydride complex Fe3H3L (1) [where L3– is a tris(β-diketiminate)cyclophanate] reacts with CO and with BF3·OEt2 to afford (FeICO)2FeII(μ3-H)L (2) and Fe3F3L (3), respectively.
The triiron trihydride complex Fe3H3L (1) [where L3– is a tris(β-diketiminate)cyclophanate] reacts with CO and with BF3·OEt2 to afford (FeICO)2FeII(μ3-H)L (2) and Fe3F3L (3), respectively. Variable-temperature and applied-field Mössbauer spectroscopy support the assignment of two high-spin (HS) iron(i) centers and one HS iron(ii) ion in 2. Preliminary studies support a CO-induced reductive elimination of H2 from 1, rather than CO trapping a species from an equilibrium mixture. This complex reacts with H2 to regenerate 1 under a dihydrogen atmosphere, which represents a rare example of reversible CO/H2 exchange and the first to occur at high-spin metal centers, as well as the first example of a reversible multielectron redox reaction at a designed high-spin metal cluster. The formation of 3 proceeds through a previously unreported net fluoride-for-hydride substitution, and 3 is surprisingly chemically inert to Si–H bonds and points to an unexpectedly large difference between the Fe–F and Fe–H bonds in this high-spin system.
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- Kevin J Anderton
- Center for Catalysis , University of Florida , 214 Leigh Hall P.O. Box 117200 , Gainesville , FL 32611 , USA .
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- Center for Catalysis , University of Florida , 214 Leigh Hall P.O. Box 117200 , Gainesville , FL 32611 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of California San Diego , 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0358 , La Jolla , CA 92093-0358 , USA
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Florida , 214 Leigh Hall P.O. Box 117200 , Gainesville , FL 32611 , USA
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- Laboratoire de Chimie de Biologie des Métaux , UMR 5249 , Université Joseph Fourier , Grenoble-1, CNRS-CEA 17 Rue des Martyrs , 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9 , France
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- Center for Catalysis , University of Florida , 214 Leigh Hall P.O. Box 117200 , Gainesville , FL 32611 , USA .
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Ermert DM, Gordon JB, Abboud KA, Murray LJ. Synthesis of Trinuclear Tin(II), Germanium(II), and Aluminum(III) Cyclophane Complexes. Organometallics 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- David M. Ermert
- Center
for Catalysis, Department
of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611-7200, United States
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- Center
for Catalysis, Department
of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611-7200, United States
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- Center
for Catalysis, Department
of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611-7200, United States
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- Center
for Catalysis, Department
of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611-7200, United States
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Grant LN, Pinter B, Kurogi T, Carroll ME, Wu G, Manor BC, Carroll PJ, Mindiola DJ. Molecular titanium nitrides: nucleophiles unleashed. Chem Sci 2016; 8:1209-1224. [PMID: 28451262 PMCID: PMC5369542 DOI: 10.1039/c6sc03422e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2016] [Accepted: 09/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Reactivity studies of a rare example of a molecular titanium nitride are presented. A combination of theory and NMR spectroscopy provide a description of the bonding in the these nitrides, the role of the counter cation, K+, as well as the origin of their highly downfield 15N NMR spectroscopic shifts.
In this contribution we present reactivity studies of a rare example of a titanium salt, in the form of [μ2-K(OEt2)]2[(PN)2Ti
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N]2 (1) (PN– = N-(2-(diisopropylphosphino)-4-methylphenyl)-2,4,6-trimethylanilide) to produce a series of imide moieties including rare examples such as methylimido, borylimido, phosphonylimido, and a parent imido. For the latter, using various weak acids allowed us to narrow the pKa range of the NH group in (PN)2TiNH to be between 26–36. Complex 1 could be produced by a reductively promoted elimination of N2 from the azide precursor (PN)2TiN3, whereas reductive splitting of N2 could not be achieved using the complex (PN)2Ti
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NNTi(PN)2 (2) and a strong reductant. Complete N-atom transfer reactions could also be observed when 1 was treated with ClC(O)tBu and OCCPh2 to form NCtBu and KNCCPh2, respectively, along with the terminal oxo complex (PN)2TiO, which was also characterized. A combination of solid state 15N NMR (MAS) and theoretical studies allowed us to understand the shielding effect of the counter cation in dimer 1, the monomer [K(18-crown-6)][(PN)2TiN], and the discrete salt [K(2,2,2-Kryptofix)][(PN)2TiN] as well as the origin of the highly downfield 15N NMR resonance when shifting from dimer to monomer to a terminal nitride (discrete salt). The upfield shift of 15Nnitride resonance in the 15N NMR spectrum was found to be linked to the K+ induced electronic structural change of the titanium-nitride functionality by using a combination of MO analysis and quantum chemical analysis of the corresponding shielding tensors.
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- Lauren N Grant
- Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , 231 South 34th Street , Philadelphia , PA 19104 , USA .
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- Eenheid Algemene Chemie (ALGC) , Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) , Pleinlaan 2 , 1050 , Brussels , Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , 231 South 34th Street , Philadelphia , PA 19104 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , 231 South 34th Street , Philadelphia , PA 19104 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , Queen's University , Kingston , Ontario , Canada K7L 3N6
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , 231 South 34th Street , Philadelphia , PA 19104 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , 231 South 34th Street , Philadelphia , PA 19104 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , 231 South 34th Street , Philadelphia , PA 19104 , USA .
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Tanabe Y, Nishibayashi Y. Catalytic Dinitrogen Fixation to Form Ammonia at Ambient Reaction Conditions Using Transition Metal-Dinitrogen Complexes. CHEM REC 2016; 16:1549-77. [DOI: 10.1002/tcr.201600025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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- Yoshiaki Tanabe
- Department of Systems Innovation, School of Engineering; The University of Tokyo; Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-8656 Japan
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- Department of Systems Innovation, School of Engineering; The University of Tokyo; Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-8656 Japan
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- Michael D Fryzuk
- Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia , Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Walter M. Recent Advances in Transition Metal-Catalyzed Dinitrogen Activation. ADVANCES IN ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.adomc.2016.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Ermert DM, Murray LJ. Insights into small molecule activation by multinuclear first-row transition metal cyclophanates. Dalton Trans 2016; 45:14499-507. [DOI: 10.1039/c6dt01857b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The rational design of trimetallic transition metal clusters supported by a trinucleating cyclophane ligand, L3−, and the reactivities of these complexes with dinitrogen and carbon dioxide are discussed.
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- David M. Ermert
- Center for Catalysis
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Florida
- Gainesville
- USA
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- Center for Catalysis
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Florida
- Gainesville
- USA
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Morrow JR. Editorial for the ACS Select Virtual Issue on Emerging Investigators in Bioinorganic Chemistry. Inorg Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Lehnert N, Peters JC. Preface for Small-Molecule Activation: From Biological Principles to Energy Applications. Part 2: Small Molecules Related to the Global Nitrogen Cycle. Inorg Chem 2015; 54:9229-33. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Nicolai Lehnert
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Michigan, 930 N. University, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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