Catalytically Active μ-Oxodiiron(IV) Oxidants from Iron(III) and Dioxygen

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Abstract

The reaction between an Fe(III) complex and O(2) to afford a stable catalytically active diiron(IV)-mu-oxo compound is described. Phosphonium salts of orange five-coordinated Fe(III)-TAML complexes with an axial aqua ligand ([PPh(4)]1-H(2)O, tetraamidato macrocyclic Fe(III) species derived from 3,3,6,6,9,9-hexamethyl-3,4,8,9-tetrahydro-1H-1,4,8,11-benzotetraazacyclotridecine-2,5,7,10(6H,11H)-tetraone) react rapidly with O(2) in CH(2)Cl(2) or other weakly coordinating solvents to produce black mu-oxo-bridged diiron(IV) complexes, 2, in high yields. Complexes 2 have been characterized by X-ray crystallography (2 cases), microanalytical data, mass spectrometry, UV/Vis, Mossbauer, and (1)H NMR spectroscopies. Mossbauer data show that the diamagnetic Fe-O-Fe unit contains antiferromagnetically coupled S = 1 Fe(IV) sites; diamagnetic (1)H NMR spectra are observed. The oxidation of PPh(3) to OPPh(3) by 2 was confirmed by UV/Vis and GC-MS. Labeling experiments with (18)O(2) and H(2)(18)O established that the bridging oxygen atom of 2 derives from O(2). Complexes 2 catalyze the selective oxidation of benzylic alcohols into the corresponding aldehydes and bleach rapidly organic dyes, such as Orange II in MeCN-H(2)O mixtures; reactivity evidence suggests that free radical autoxidation is not involved. This work highlights a promising development for the advancement of green oxidation technology, as O(2) is an abundant, clean, and inexpensive oxidizing agent.

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