Dalton Transactions

Selenium-bridged diiron hexacarbonyl complexes as biomimetic models for the active site of Fe–Fe hydrogenases

S Gao, J Fan, S Sun, X Peng, X Zhao, J Hou

Index: Gao, Shang; Fan, Jiangli; Sun, Shiguo; Peng, Xiaojun; Zhao, Xing; Hou, Jun Dalton Transactions, 2008 , # 16 p. 2128 - 2135

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Abstract

Three N-substituted selenium-bridged diiron complexes [{(μ-SeCH2) 2NC6H4R} Fe2 (CO) 6](R= 4-NO2, 7; R= H, 8; R= 4-CH3, 9) were firstly prepared as biomimetic models for the Fe– Fe hydrogenases active site. Models 7–9 could be generated by the convergent reaction of [(μ-HSe) 2Fe2 (CO) 6](6) with N, N-bis (hydroxymethyl)-4-nitroaniline (1), N, N-bis (hydroxymethyl) aniline (2), and N, N-bis (hydroxymethyl)-4-methylaniline (3) in 46–52% ...