Coordination chemistry of [HFe(CN)(2)(CO)(3)](-) and its derivatives: toward a model for the iron subsite of the [NiFe]-hydrogenases.

ABSTRACT: The photoreaction of Fe(CO)(5) and cyanide salts in MeCN solution affords the dianion [Fe(CN)(2)(CO)(3)](2-), conveniently isolated as [K(18-crown-6)](2)[Fe(CN)(2)(CO)(3)]. Solutions of [Fe(CN)(2)(CO)(3)](2-) oxidize irreversibly at -600 mV (vs Ag/AgCl) to give primarily [Fe(CN)(3)(CO)(3)](-). Protonation of the dianion affords the hydride [K(18-crown-6)][HFe(CN)(2)(CO)(3)] with a pK(a) approximately 17 (MeCN). The ferrous hydride exhibits enhanced electrophilicity vs its dianionic precursor, which resists substitution. Treatment of [K(18-crown-6)][Fe(CN)(2)(CO)(3)] with tertiary phosphines and phosphites gives isomeric mixtures of [HFe(CN)(2)(CO)(2)L](-) (L = P(OPh)(3) and PPh(3)). Carbonyl substitution on [1H(CO)(2)](-) by P(OPh)(3) is first-order in both the phosphite and iron (k = 0.18

SUBMITTER: Whaley CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2732431 | biostudies-literature | 2009 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature