文摘
The cationic complex [Fe(P2S2)(NCMe)2]2+ (P2S2=(Ph2PC6H4CH2S)2(C2H4) ([1(NCMe)2]2+)), with two MeCN ligands in a cis orientation, was synthesized and characterized. The MeCN ligand in [1(NCMe)2]2+ undergoes further substitution by a hydride ligand or CO to give iron(II) hydrides [H1(NCMe)]+, [H1H]0, and [H1(CO)]+. The order of reactivity of the hydrides was [H1H]0>[H1(NCMe)]+>[H1(CO)]+, and was illustrated by their reactions toward protic acids, the organic cation of 10-methylacridinium (MeAcr+) as a hydride acceptor, and intermolecular hydride transfer reactions among these ferrous compounds. For example, MeAcr+ was reduced initially by a one-electron transfer process from [H1H]0, resulting in competing reactions of MeAcr. dimerization, hydrogen atom transfer from [H1H]+ to MeAcr., and decomposition of [H1H]+. MeAcrH was produced in excellent yields through a single-step H− transfer from [H1(NCMe)]+ to MeAcr+, but [H1(CO)]+ was inactive toward MeAcr+.