Template syntheses of iron(II) complexes containing chiral P-N-N-P and P-N-N ligands

Alexandre A Mikhailine; Eunice Kim; Carsten Dingels; Alan J Lough; Robert H Morris

doi:10.1021/ic800884c

Template syntheses of iron(II) complexes containing chiral P-N-N-P and P-N-N ligands

Inorg Chem. 2008 Aug 4;47(15):6587-9. doi: 10.1021/ic800884c. Epub 2008 Jul 1.

Authors

Alexandre A Mikhailine¹, Eunice Kim, Carsten Dingels, Alan J Lough, Robert H Morris

Affiliation

¹ Davenport Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada.

PMID: 18590327
DOI: 10.1021/ic800884c

Abstract

A multicomponent template reaction utilizing an air-stable phosphonium precursor leads initially to the first enantiopure bis-tridentate iron complexes mer-[Fe(P-N-N) 2] (2+) in high yield and then to new tetradentate iron complexes trans-[Fe(MeCN) 2(P-N-N-P)] (2+).