N=N bond cleavage by a low-coordinate ironII hydride complex

Jeremy M Smith; Rene J Lachicotte; Patrick L Holland

doi:10.1021/ja038152s

N=N bond cleavage by a low-coordinate ironII hydride complex

J Am Chem Soc. 2003 Dec 24;125(51):15752-3. doi: 10.1021/ja038152s.

Authors

Jeremy M Smith¹, Rene J Lachicotte, Patrick L Holland

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA.

PMID: 14677959
DOI: 10.1021/ja038152s

Abstract

Reaction of the three-coordinate complex LFeCl (L = bulky beta-diketiminate) with KBEt3H gives a dark red iron(II) hydride complex. The complex is a dimer in the solid state, but spectroscopy and kinetics suggest that an orange three-coordinate monomer is in equilibrium with the dimer in solution. The double bond of azobenzene is completely cleaved by heating with the hydride complex, and a hydrazido intermediate can be isolated.