Okazaki M, Ohtani T, Ogino H. Reversible Cleavage and Recombination of an Acetylenic Carbon−Carbon Bond on a Tetrairon Cluster Coupled with a Two-Electron Redox Reaction.
J Am Chem Soc 2004;
126:4104-5. [PMID:
15053589 DOI:
10.1021/ja049720m]
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Abstract
Two-electron reduction of [(eta5-C5H4Me)4Fe4(mu3-CH)2(mu3-CO)2](PF6)2 (1) results in the coupling of two methylidyne ligands to form (eta5-C5H4Me)4Fe4(HCCH)(mu3-CO)2 (2), the two-electron oxidation of which reproduces 1. Structures of 1 and 2 were determined by X-ray diffraction analysis.
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