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Published June 17, 2015 | Supplemental Material + Accepted Version
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Diiron Bridged-Thiolate Complexes That Bind N₂ at the FeᴵᴵFeᴵᴵ, FeᴵᴵFeᴵ, and FeᴵFeᴵ Redox States

Abstract

All known nitrogenase cofactors are rich in both sulfur and iron and are presumed capable of binding and reducing N₂. Nonetheless, synthetic examples of transition metal model complexes that bind N₂ and also feature sulfur donor ligands remain scarce. We report herein an unusual series of low-valent diiron complexes featuring thiolate and dinitrogen ligands. A new binucleating ligand scaffold is introduced that supports an Fe(μ-SAr)Fe diiron subunit that coordinates dinitrogen (N₂-Fe(μ-SAr)Fe-N₂) across at least three oxidation states FeᴵᴵFeᴵᴵ, FeᴵᴵFeᴵ, and FeᴵFeᴵ). The (N₂-Fe(μ-SAr)Fe-N₂) system undergoes reduction of the bound N₂ to produce NH₃ (∼50% yield) and can efficiently catalyze the disproportionation of N₂H₄ to NH₃ and N₂. The present scaffold also supports dinitrogen binding concomitant with hydride as a co-ligand. Synthetic model complexes of these types are desirable to ultimately constrain hypotheses regarding Fe-mediated nitrogen fixation in synthetic and biological systems.

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© 2015 American Chemical Society. Received: May 7, 2015; Published: June 3, 2015. This work was supported by the NIH (GM 070757) and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. We thank Larry Henling and Michael Takase for crystallographic assistance.

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