| Literature DB >> 18266366 |
Ismael Nieto1, Feizhi Ding, Ranko P Bontchev, Haobin Wang, Jeremy M Smith.
Abstract
Thermodynamic investigations relevant to hydrogen atom transfer by the high-valent iron imido complex [LMesFe[triple bond]NAd]OTf have been undertaken. The complex is found to be weakly oxidizing by cyclic voltammetry (E1/2 = -0.98 V vs Cp2Fe+/Cp2Fe in MeCN). A combination of experimental and computational studies has been used to determine the acidity of LMesFe-N(H)Ad+ (pKa = 37 in MeCN), allowing the N-H BDFE (88(5) kcal/mol) to be calculated from a thermodynamic cycle. Consistent with this value, [LMesFe[triple bond]NAd]OTf reacts with 9,10-dihydroanthracene (C-H BDE = 78(1) kcal/mol) to form anthracene.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18266366 DOI: 10.1021/ja0776834
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419