Low-valence transition metallic complexes have drawn longstanding attention due to their high reactivity toward catalytic transformation of various small molecules.Among these known complexes,the low-valence metal cen...Low-valence transition metallic complexes have drawn longstanding attention due to their high reactivity toward catalytic transformation of various small molecules.Among these known complexes,the low-valence metal centres are commonly stabilized by neutral bulky ligands with strong electron-donating capacity.However,low-valence bimetallic complexes supported by anionic sulfur and cyclopentadienyl ligands are still difficult to obtain in high isolated yield.Herein,we report the synthesis and characteri-zation of two scarce thiolate-bridged Co^(I)Co^(II)and Co^(I)Co^(I)complexes bearing sterically demanding ligands through two stepwise one-electron reduction processes.Interestingly,the Co^(I)Co^(II)complex can facilely promote the homolytic cleavage of dihydrogen across the short Co−Co metallic bond to give a Co^(II)Co III dihydride bridged complex,which is capable of serving as a competent hydrogen atom transfer agent.Moreover,the anionic Co^(I)Co^(I)complex can trigger a stepwise hydrogen generation cycle involving several isolated and structurally well-characterized intermediates.展开更多
Thiolate-bridged hetero-bimetallic complexes[Cp^(*)M(MeCN)N_(2)S_(2)FeCl][PF_(6)](2,M=Ru;3,M=Co,Cp^(*)=η^(5)-C_(5)Me_(5),N_(2)S_(2)=N,N'-dimethyl-3,6-diazanonane-1,8-dithiolate)were prepared by self-assembly of d...Thiolate-bridged hetero-bimetallic complexes[Cp^(*)M(MeCN)N_(2)S_(2)FeCl][PF_(6)](2,M=Ru;3,M=Co,Cp^(*)=η^(5)-C_(5)Me_(5),N_(2)S_(2)=N,N'-dimethyl-3,6-diazanonane-1,8-dithiolate)were prepared by self-assembly of dimer[N_(2)S_(2)Fe]2 with mononuclear precursor[Cp^(*)Ru(MeCN)_(3)][PF_(6)]or[Cp^(*)Co(MeCN)_(3)][PF_(6)]_(2)in the presence of CHCl_(3)as a chloride donor.Complexes 2 and 3 exhibit obviously different redox behaviors investigated by cyclic voltammetry and spin density distributions supported by DFT calculations.Notably,iron-cobalt complex 3 possesses versatile reactivities that cannot be achieved for complex 2.In the presence of CoCp_(2),complex 3 can undergo one-electron reduction to generate a stable formally Co^(II)Fe^(II)complex[Cp^(*)CoN_(2)S_(2)FeCl](4).Besides,the terminal chloride on the iron center in 3 can be removed by dehalogenation agent AgPF_(6)or exchanged with azide to afford the corresponding complexes[Cp^(*)Co(MeCN)N_(2)S_(2)Fe(MeCN)][PF_(6)]_(2)(5)and[Cp^(*)Co(MeCN)N_(2)S_(2)Fe(N_(3))][PF_(6)](6).In addition,complexes 2,3 and 4 show distinct catalytic reactivity toward the disproportionation of hydrazine into ammonia.These results may be helpful to understand the vital role of the heterometal in some catalytic transformations promoted by heteromultinuclear complexes.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foun-dation of China(Nos.21690064,22001031)Key Laboratory of Bio-based Chemicals of Liaoning Province of China,the“111”project of the Ministry of Education of China and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.DUT19RC(3)013).
文摘Low-valence transition metallic complexes have drawn longstanding attention due to their high reactivity toward catalytic transformation of various small molecules.Among these known complexes,the low-valence metal centres are commonly stabilized by neutral bulky ligands with strong electron-donating capacity.However,low-valence bimetallic complexes supported by anionic sulfur and cyclopentadienyl ligands are still difficult to obtain in high isolated yield.Herein,we report the synthesis and characteri-zation of two scarce thiolate-bridged Co^(I)Co^(II)and Co^(I)Co^(I)complexes bearing sterically demanding ligands through two stepwise one-electron reduction processes.Interestingly,the Co^(I)Co^(II)complex can facilely promote the homolytic cleavage of dihydrogen across the short Co−Co metallic bond to give a Co^(II)Co III dihydride bridged complex,which is capable of serving as a competent hydrogen atom transfer agent.Moreover,the anionic Co^(I)Co^(I)complex can trigger a stepwise hydrogen generation cycle involving several isolated and structurally well-characterized intermediates.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21690064,22001031)the key laboratory of Bio-based Chemicals of Liaoning Province of China+1 种基金the“111”project of the Ministry of Education of Chinathe Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.DUT19RC(3)013)。
文摘Thiolate-bridged hetero-bimetallic complexes[Cp^(*)M(MeCN)N_(2)S_(2)FeCl][PF_(6)](2,M=Ru;3,M=Co,Cp^(*)=η^(5)-C_(5)Me_(5),N_(2)S_(2)=N,N'-dimethyl-3,6-diazanonane-1,8-dithiolate)were prepared by self-assembly of dimer[N_(2)S_(2)Fe]2 with mononuclear precursor[Cp^(*)Ru(MeCN)_(3)][PF_(6)]or[Cp^(*)Co(MeCN)_(3)][PF_(6)]_(2)in the presence of CHCl_(3)as a chloride donor.Complexes 2 and 3 exhibit obviously different redox behaviors investigated by cyclic voltammetry and spin density distributions supported by DFT calculations.Notably,iron-cobalt complex 3 possesses versatile reactivities that cannot be achieved for complex 2.In the presence of CoCp_(2),complex 3 can undergo one-electron reduction to generate a stable formally Co^(II)Fe^(II)complex[Cp^(*)CoN_(2)S_(2)FeCl](4).Besides,the terminal chloride on the iron center in 3 can be removed by dehalogenation agent AgPF_(6)or exchanged with azide to afford the corresponding complexes[Cp^(*)Co(MeCN)N_(2)S_(2)Fe(MeCN)][PF_(6)]_(2)(5)and[Cp^(*)Co(MeCN)N_(2)S_(2)Fe(N_(3))][PF_(6)](6).In addition,complexes 2,3 and 4 show distinct catalytic reactivity toward the disproportionation of hydrazine into ammonia.These results may be helpful to understand the vital role of the heterometal in some catalytic transformations promoted by heteromultinuclear complexes.