Butadienyl Diiron Complexes : Nonplanar Metalla-Aromatics Involving σ-Type Orbital Overlap

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A new class of nonplanar metalla-aromatics, diiron complexes bridged by a 1,3-butadienyl dianionic ligand, were synthesized in high yields from dilithio reagents and two equivalents of FeBr2 . The complexes consist of two antiferromagnetically coupled high-spin FeII centers, as revealed by magnetometry, Mössbauer spectroscopy, and DFT calculations. Furthermore, experimental (X-ray structural analysis) and theoretical analyses (NICS, ICSS, AICD, MOs) suggest that the complexes are aromatic. Remarkably, this nonplanar metalla-aromaticity is achieved by an uncommon σ-type overlap between the ligand p and metal d orbitals, in sharp contrast to the intensively studied planar aromatic systems featuring delocalized π-type bonding. Specifically, the σ-type interaction between the two Fe 3dxz orbitals and the butadienyl π orbital results in the formation of a six-electron conjugated system and hence enables the aromatic character.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

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2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:59

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Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) - 59(2020), 43 vom: 19. Okt., Seite 19048-19053

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yu, Chao [VerfasserIn]
Zhong, Mingdong [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yongliang [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Junnian [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Wangyang [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Wen-Xiong [VerfasserIn]
Ye, Shengfa [VerfasserIn]
Xi, Zhenfeng [VerfasserIn]

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σ-type overlap
Butadienyl dianion
Diiron complexes
Journal Article
Metalla-aromatics
Nonplanar aromaticity

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Date Revised 08.12.2020

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Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1002/anie.202008986

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NLM312626061