title: Iron(II) and ruthenium(II) complexes containing P, N, and H ligands: structure, spectroscopy, electrochemistry, and reactivity.
abstract: The purpose of this work was to explore the possibility of using iron(II) hydrides in CO(2) reduction and to compare their reactivity to that of their ruthenium analogues. Fe(bpy)(P(OEt)(3))(3)H(+) and Ru(bpy)(P(OEt)(3))(3)H(+) do not react with CO(2) in acetonitrile, but the one-electron-reduction products of Ru(bpy)(P(OEt)(3))(3)H(+) and Ru(bpy)(2)(P(OEt)(3))H(+) and the two-electron-reduction product of Fe(bpy)(P(OEt)(3))(3)H(+) do. Ru(bpy)(2)(P(OEt)(3))H(+) also reacts slowly with CO(2) to give a formate complex [as reported previously by Albertin et al. (Inorg. Chem. 2004, 43, 1336)] with a second-order rate constant of ∼4 × 10(-3) M(-1) s(-1) in methanol. The structures for the hydride complexes [Fe(bpy)(P(OEt)(3))(3)H](+) and [Ru(bpy)(2)(P(OEt)(3))H](+) and for the (η(5)-Cp)bis- and -tris-PTA complexes (PTA = 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphatricyclo[3.3.1.13.7]decane) of iron(II) are reported. These and the CpFe(CO)(bpy)(+) and Fe(II)PNNP compounds have been subjected to electrochemical and UV-vis spectroscopic characterization. Fe(bpy)(P(OEt)(3))(3)H(+) exhibits a quasi-reversible oxidation at +0.42 V vs AgCl/Ag in acetonitrile; Ru(bpy)(P(OEt)(3))(3)H(+) and Ru(bpy)(2)(P(OEt)(3))H(+) are oxidized irreversibly at +0.90 and +0.55 V, respectively, vs AgCl/Ag. The reduction site for Fe(bpy)(P(OEt)(3))(3)H(+) and Fe(bpy)(P(OEt)(3))(3)(CH(3)CN)(2+) appears to be the metal and gives rise to a two-electron process. The bpy-centered reductions are negatively shifted in the ruthenium(II) hydride complexes, compared to the acetonitrile complexes. The results of attempts to prepare other iron(II) hydrides are summarized.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA.
authors.forename: Jinzhu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Szalda
authors.forename: Etsuko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Creutz