Requirements for Lewis Acid-Mediated Capture and N-N Bond Cleavage of Hydrazine at Iron

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Journal Inorg Chem

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2019 Jan 11

PMID 30628782

Citations 8

Authors

John J Kiernicki

Matthias Zeller

Nathaniel K Szymczak

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Abstract

An iron complex bearing a pyridine(dicarbene) pincer was designed to probe the requirements of Lewis acid-enabled NH capture and subsequent N-N bond cleavage. Appended boron Lewis acids were installed by two methods to circumvent the incompatibilities associated with Lewis acid/base quenching of free carbenes and boranes. NH capture by borane Lewis acids is dependent on both the Lewis acidity and the steric profile about boron. A substitutionally inert primary coordination sphere at iron prevents an Fe-NH interaction as well as N-N bond homolysis upon reduction.

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