Iron complexes 19 valence electrons

Figure 2-61. a) The bonding in organometallic complexes (e.g., ferrocene) cannot be expressed adequately by a connection table, b) A new representation has to account for all the valence electrons of Iron,... 

With an atomic number of 28 nickel has the electron conflguration [Ar]4s 3c (ten valence electrons) The 18 electron rule is satisfied by adding to these ten the eight elec Irons from four carbon monoxide ligands A useful point to remember about the 18 electron rule when we discuss some reactions of transition metal complexes is that if the number is less than 18 the metal is considered coordinatively unsaturated and can accept additional ligands... 

With the iron atom in its most negative oxidation state of —2 this complex possesses nucleophilic properties and thus can be used in nucleophilic substitution reactions. As the iron atom in this complex formally has ten valence electrons, it is isoelectronic with Pd(0), which is a well-known catalyst in allylic substitution reactions [49]. 

Because ammine ligands are neutral molecules, the oxidation state of each metal is the same as the charge on the complex. Iron loses two of its eight valence electrons to reach the +2 oxidation state, leaving six electrons for the d orbitals. Likewise, cobalt in its +3 oxidation state has six d electrons. 

The key feature of efficient metathesis catalysts seems to be their ability to form, before the [2 + 2] cycloaddition step, a n complex with the alkene (Figure 1.7). Comparison of catalyst 1 with the iron complex 3 shows that the latter, although cationic, will not be able to bind to an olefin, because this would give rise to a complex with 20 valence electrons. A similar argument can be used... 

Electronic and vibrational spectroscopy continues to be important in the characterization of iron complexes of all descriptions. Charge-transfer spectra, particularly of solvatochromic ternary diimine-cyanide complexes, can be useful indicators of solvation, while IR and Raman spectra of certain mixed valence complexes have contributed to the investigation of intramolecular electron transfer. Assignments of metal-ligand vibrations in the far IR for the complexes [Fe(8)3] " " were established by means of Fe/ Fe isotopic substitution. " A review of pressure effects on electronic spectra of coordination complexes includes much information about apparatus and methods and about theoretical aspects, though rather little about specific iron complexes. ... 

A condition where metal ions within a coordination complex or cluster are present in more than one oxidation state. In such systems, there is often complete delocalization of the valence electrons over the entire complex or cluster, and this is thought to facilitate electron-transfer reactions. Mixed valency has been observed in iron-sulfur proteins. Other terms for this behavior include mixed oxidation state and nonintegral oxidation state. 

Firsova et al. (136) also investigated a cobalt molybdate catalyst containing a small amount of Fe3+, after exposure to a reaction mixture of propylene and oxygen. The authors observed the valence change of Fe3+ to Fe2+ and the formation of a surface complex between the hydrocarbon and the iron (Fe—O—C—). In contrast to pure iron molybdate which also forms a surface Fe—O—C— complexes, the electronic transitions in the cobalt iron molybdate were reversible. The observed valence change showed that iron ions increase the electronic interaction between ions in the catalyst and the components of the reaction mixture. 

The chelate ligand in dionato complex 3 is planar and it is particularly stabilized by 71-delocalization. In addition to this thermodynamic stability, the iron center has 17 valence electrons in an octahedron, hence its coordination sphere is kinetically labile. By ligand exchange, the acceptor 41a is coordinated at a vacant site to form species 44 (Scheme 8.18). The function of the center metal is not only to hold the acceptor in proximity to the donor. Additionally, the acceptor is activated by Lewis acidity of the center metal. Subsequently, the nucleophilic carbon atom of the dionato ligand is... 

The chemistry of cluster complexes, e.g. of the sort [FeitSi, (SR) i,] 2, is of particular interest since such complexes are known to be close representations or synthetic analogues of the redox centres present in various iron-sulphur proteins. It is important to know whether the valence electrons are localized or delocalized in such complexes - in fact several studies by e.s.r., n.m.r., and, more recently, resonance Raman spectroscopy have shown that such clusters are delocalized rather than trapped-valence species. This result is linked with the most important biophysical property of iron-sulphur proteins, viz. that of electron transfer. Rapid electron transfer is possible if any consequential geometric rearrangements around the metal atom sites are small, as implied by many resonance Raman results on such cluster complexes (cf. the small-displacement approximation, which provides a basis for enhancement to fundamental but not to overtone bands) (22). Initial studies of [MSi,]2- ions (M = Mo or W) (23,24) have since been supplemented by studies of dinuclear species e.g. [(PhS)2FeS2MS2]2 (25) and cluster species... 

An iron complex can be formed by using the ethyl derivative of triphos, p3Etg [(triphos)Co(n3-P3)Fe(p3Etg)]2+. Many of the complexes here presented are paramagnetic. The number of valence electrons range from 30 to 34. This unprecedented magnetic behavior can be accounted for by a molecular orbital treatment of the type suggested by Hoffmann. 

Similar reaction conditions for manganese, iron and cobalt complexes lead to more stable arene systems, presumably due in part to a higher valence electron count for these metal centres. Reduction of [3,5- Pr2-2,6-Trip2C6HMX]ra (M = Mn, X = I, n= 1 M = Fe, X = C1, n= 1 M = Co, X = C1, n — 2) gives rise to the Mn(I) inverted sandwich complex [3,5- Pr2-... 

Exercise 4.5. Count the skeletal electron pairs (or cluster valence electrons) in the organometallic complex shown below at the left. Is there a relationship to cyclobutadiene iron tricarbonyl shown next to it ... 

Ruthenium has played a central role in the development of 30 valence electron triple-decker cations of the iron group. These compounds were first prepared by Rybinskaya eto/., through reaction of a 12 valence electron [CpRu]+ fragment with a metallocene. The well-known photofragmentation of [CpFe(arene)]+ was used to generate [FeCp]+, which was then complexed to ruthenocene in situ. The stmcture of the triple-decker shows three exactly parallel rings, two of them (one outer and the inner) echpsed and... 

The reaction of 1,3-diboroles 4, LiMe and [ (C5Me5)RuCl 4] leads to the violet, highly air-sensitive Ru sandwich complexes 1810. The compounds 17 and 18 are derived from ferrocene and ruthenocene by formal replacement of two CH groups for B-R units. Therefore the complexes should have only 16 valence electrons (VE). However, the electronic structure of the iron compound 17, studied by EH-MO theory, exhibits a unique bonding The electron density of two B-C c orbitals participates in the bonding by... 

Iron, cobalt and nickel are unlike the elements which precede them since they fail to form moderately stable oxo-anions like VOg , CrO/ and Mn04. The unstable ferrate ion, FeO -, is a very strong oxidising agent no oxo-anion of Co or Ni exists. In this, the metals illustrate the greatly reduced tendency of d electrons to function as valency electrons once the d level is more than half filled. However, the small ionic radii of the 2-f- and 3+ cations, together with the presence of unfilled d orbitals, favour complex formation. The complexes of Co anionic, cationic and neutral, are particularly numerous. 

AH of the different classes of ligands listed in the table can be treated in this way. The cyclo-pentadienyl ligands contribute six electrons each and have a formal negative charge, shown in green, which means that the iron in ferrocene is in the -l-II oxidation state and will have six valence electrons left. The total for the complex is again eighteen and ferrocene is an extremely stable complex. 

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