Synthesis of [Cp'Fe(η3-BH4)] and its conversion to [Cp'FeBH2]3

Maekawa M, Daniliuc CG, Jones PG, Hohenberger J, Sutter J, Meyer K, Walter MD (2013)

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2013

Journal

European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry Wiley-VCH Verlag

Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag

Book Volume: 2013

Pages Range: 4097-4104

Journal Issue: 22-23

DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201300168

Abstract

Salt metathesis of [Cp'FeI] [1, Cp' = η-1,2,4- (MeC)CH] and NaBH (2 equiv.) in tetrahydrofuran yields the low-spin iron complex [Cp'Fe(ηBH)] (2), which is thermally unstable and degrades slowly to the trimeric complex [Cp'FeBH] (3) and H. Both molecules have been fully characterized by various spectroscopic techniques. An X-ray structure analysis of 3 confirms its nature and reveals rather long B-B distances of 1.883(9) Å. DFT methods in combination with three complementary approaches [Wiberg bond indices (WBI), atoms in molecules (AIM) and compliance constants] have been used to explain the bonding in these iron(II) complexes. All methods predict a weak bonding interaction between the boron atoms in 3. © 2013 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

Authors with CRIS profile

Johannes Hohenberger Lehrstuhl für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie Jörg Sutter Lehrstuhl für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie Karsten Meyer Lehrstuhl für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie

Involved external institutions

Technische Universität Braunschweig DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Maekawa, M., Daniliuc, C.G., Jones, P.G., Hohenberger, J., Sutter, J., Meyer, K., & Walter, M.D. (2013). Synthesis of [Cp'Fe(η3-BH4)] and its conversion to [Cp'FeBH2]3. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2013(22-23), 4097-4104. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201300168

MLA:

Maekawa, Miyuki, et al. "Synthesis of [Cp'Fe(η3-BH4)] and its conversion to [Cp'FeBH2]3." European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2013.22-23 (2013): 4097-4104.

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