A <i>cis</i>‐Divacant Octahedral and Mononuclear Iron(IV) Imide

Keith Searles, Skye Fortier, Marat M. Khusniyarov, Patrick J. Carroll, Jörg Sutter, Karsten Meyer, Daniel J. Mindiola, Kenneth G. Caulton

Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2014 · 88 citations · 35 references

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Abstract

A rare, low-spin Fe(IV) imide complex [(pyrr2py)Fe=NAd] (pyrr2 py(2-) = bis(pyrrolyl)pyridine; Ad = 1-adamantyl) confined to a cis-divacant octahedral geometry, was prepared by reduction of N3Ad by the Fe(II) precursor [(pyrr2py)Fe(OEt2)]. The imide complex is low-spin with temperature-independent paramagnetism. In comparison to an authentic Fe(III) complex, such as [(pyrr2py)FeCl], the pyrr2py(2-) ligand is virtually redox innocent.

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