Synthesis and crystal structure of an iron triazole complex resulting from the unexpected ligand cleavage of a triazolium carbene precursor.

Autor: Pacholski R; Organic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego 3, 00-664 Warsaw, Poland., Durka K; Organic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego 3, 00-664 Warsaw, Poland., Buchalski P; Organic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego 3, 00-664 Warsaw, Poland.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Acta crystallographica. Section C, Structural chemistry [Acta Crystallogr C Struct Chem] 2024 May 01; Vol. 80 (Pt 5), pp. 148-152. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 12.
DOI: 10.1107/S2053229624002973
Abstrakt: Typically reactions of N-heterocyclic carbenes with transition metals are straightforward and require a carbene salt, a base strong enough to deprotonate such a salt and a metal. Yet when carbene precursors are in the form of triazolium salts, reaction may not proceed as easily as expected. In our work, we intended to obtain a triazolylidene complex of iron(II) chloride, but due to the presence of small amounts of water in the tetrahydrofuran solvent used, bis(acetonitrile)tetrakis(1-benzyl-1H-1,2,4-triazole-κN 4 )iron(II) μ-oxido-bis[trichloridoferrate(III)] acetonitrile disolvate, [Fe(C 9 H 9 N 3 ) 4 (CH 3 CN) 2 ][Fe 2 Cl 6 O]·2CH 3 CN - an interesting anion with a linear geometry of the O atom - was formed instead of the iron carbene complex. Reaction proceeded via cleavage of the alkyl N-substituent of the triazolium salt. The formation of the product was confirmed by X-ray crystallography. The crystal structure and possible reaction pathways are discussed.
Databáze: MEDLINE