Department of Chemistry and Center for Metals in Biocatalysis, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2017 Jul 24;56(31):9091-9095. doi: 10.1002/anie.201704322. Epub 2017 Jun 27.
Ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN) or Ce (NH ) (NO ) is often used in artificial water oxidation and generally considered to be an outer-sphere oxidant. Herein we report the spectroscopic and crystallographic characterization of [(N4Py)Fe -O-Ce (OH )(NO ) ] (3), a complex obtained from the reaction of [(N4Py)Fe (NCMe)] with 2 equiv CAN or [(N4Py)Fe =O] (2) with Ce (NO ) in MeCN. Surprisingly, the formation of 3 is reversible, the position of the equilibrium being dependent on the MeCN/water ratio of the solvent. These results suggest that the Fe and Ce centers have comparable reduction potentials. Moreover, the equilibrium entails a change in iron spin state, from S=1 Fe in 2 to S=5/2 in 3, which is found to be facile despite the formal spin-forbidden nature of this process. This observation suggests that Fe =O complexes may avail of reaction pathways involving multiple spin states having little or no barrier.
硝酸铈铵(CAN)或 Ce(NH )(NO )通常用于人工水氧化,通常被认为是一种外壳氧化剂。在此,我们报告了[(N4Py)Fe-O-Ce(OH)(NO ) ](3)的光谱和晶体化学特征,该配合物是通过[(N4Py)Fe(NCMe)]与 2 当量 CAN 或[(N4Py)Fe=O](2)与 Ce(NO )在 MeCN 中的反应得到的。令人惊讶的是,3 的形成是可逆的,平衡位置取决于溶剂的 MeCN/水比。这些结果表明,Fe 和 Ce 中心具有相当的还原电位。此外,平衡伴随着铁自旋态的变化,从 2 中的 S=1 Fe 变为 3 中的 S=5/2,尽管这个过程在形式上是自旋禁阻的,但发现这个变化很容易发生。这一观察结果表明,Fe=O 配合物可能利用涉及多个自旋态的反应途径,这些自旋态几乎没有或没有障碍。