Synthesis and reactivity of cis-FeH2(dcpe)2 (dcpe = 1,2-bis(dicyclohexylphosphino)ethane)

Owen T. Summerscales; Brian L. Scott; Hari S. Viswanathan; Andrew D. Sutton

doi:10.1016/j.inoche.2015.11.021

Synthesis and reactivity of cis-FeH₂(dcpe)₂ (dcpe = 1,2-bis(dicyclohexylphosphino)ethane)

Owen T. Summerscales, Brian L. Scott, Hari S. Viswanathan, Andrew D. Sutton

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Abstract

A new six-coordinate iron dihydride cis-FeH₂(dcpe)₂ (1) has been synthesized (dcpe = 1,2-bis(dicyclohexylphosphino)ethane). It has been found to react with either 1,4-cyclohexadiene or tert-butylethylene in toluene to give the respected hydrogenated hydrocarbon and the zero valent species Fe(dcpe)(toluene) (2). When this reaction with acceptor olefins was performed in methylcyclohexane, transfer dehydrogenation was observed to give low-yields of iron-bound toluene in 2.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	57-60
Number of pages	4
Journal	Inorganic Chemistry Communications
Volume	63
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inoche.2015.11.021
State	Published - Jan 2016

Funding

We are grateful to the Los Alamos National Laboratory LDRD program for financial support ( LDRD20140002DR ). Los Alamos National Laboratory is operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC, for the National Nuclear Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC5206NA25396.

Keywords

C-H activation
Catalyst
Iron

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