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Electron spin resonance and molecular orbital study of binuclear phosphide-bridged iron carbonyl radicals
Baker,Krusic,Calabrese,Roe
, p. 1506 - 1508 (2008/10/08)
A new family of 33-electron, paramagnetic phosphido-bridged diiron carbonyl complexes Fe2(CO)7(μ-PR2) (I, R = Et, Ph, Cy, t-Bu) is reported. These radical species can be isolated in analytically pure form and have been studied by IR and ESR spectroscopy. Studies with 13CO indicate complete CO exchange in seconds in dilute pentane solutions, very rapid scrambling of the CO ligands on the ESR time scale, and reversible addition of a CO molecule to give the 35-electron Fe2(CO)8(μ-PR2) adducts (II). Spectroscopic data and EHMO calculations support structures for I and II which differ from those determined previously for the corresponding diamagnetic anions [Fe2(CO)n(μ-PPh2)]- (n = 7, 8). Radicals I react rapidly with 1 equiv of P(OMe)3 to give monosubstituted derivatives Fe2(CO)6[P(OMe)3](μ-PR2).