Diverse Thermal and Photochemical Reactivity of an Al–Fe Bonded Heterobimetallic Complex
Soumen Sinhababu, Neal P. Mankad
Abstract
A heterobimetallic Al–Fe complex, LAl(Me)Fp (Fp = FeCp(CO)2, L is a β-diketiminate), was found to have diverse reaction chemistry including cooperative ring-opening of tetrahydrofuran to form LAl(Me)O(CH2)4Fp, atom transfer with propylene sulfide and elemental sulfur to form LAl(Me)(μ-S)Fp, and group transfer with trimethylsilyl azide to form LAl(Me)N3. Photodecarbonylation formed [LAl(Me)]2(CpFe═FeCp)(μ3:η2-CO)2, which features the Fe═Fe bonded [CpFe(CO)]2 unit that is the unsaturated analogue of well-known Fp2. Despite Al and Fe being the two most earth-abundant metals, this report represents one of the only surveys of the reactivity behavior of an Al/Fe heterobinuclear complex.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryReactivity (psychology)TrimethylsilylTetrahydrofuranSulfurSulfideTrimethylsilyl azideAzideMedicinal chemistryPhotochemistryInorganic chemistryOrganic chemistrySolventMedicineAlternative medicinePathologyOrganometallic Complex Synthesis and CatalysisSynthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compoundsCoordination Chemistry and Organometallics