Historical account of dinitrogen-bridged diiron complex synthesis using a commercial tripodal ligand

Nathan C. Smythe; Joydeb Mondal; Juan G. Duque; Russell K. Feller; Marco Flores; John C. Gordon; Neil J. Henson; Moshe Paz-Pasternak; Francisca N. Rein; Brian L. Scott; R. Dean Taylor; Ryan J. Trovitch

doi:10.1039/D5CC02058A

Historical account of dinitrogen-bridged diiron complex synthesis using a commercial tripodal ligand†

Nathan C. Smythe,*^a Joydeb Mondal,

^b Juan G. Duque,^a Russell K. Feller,^c Marco Flores,

^b John C. Gordon,*^d Neil J. Henson,

^e Moshe Paz-Pasternak,^f Francisca N. Rein,^a Brian L. Scott,

^c R. Dean Taylor^c and Ryan J. Trovitch

*^b

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^a Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
E-mail: nsmythe@lanl.gov

^b School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
E-mail: ryan.trovitch@asu.edu

^c Materials Physics and Applications Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA

^d Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
E-mail: jgordon1@bnl.gov

^e Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA

^f School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, 69978 Tel Aviv, Israel

Abstract

The KC₈ reduction of (Triphos)FeCl₂ in toluene under 3.4 atm of N₂ afforded [(Triphos)Fe]₂(μ-N₂), which features a modestly-activated N₂ ligand and antiferromagnetically coupled Fe(0) centres. The addition of H₂ to this compound yielded (Triphos)Fe(μ-H)₃Fe(μ-H)₃Fe(Triphos).

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Historical account of dinitrogen-bridged diiron complex synthesis using a commercial tripodal ligand†

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