Inorganic chemistry

Ligand Effects on Hydrogen Atom Transfer from Hydrocarbons to Three-Coordinate Iron Imides

RE Cowley, PL Holland

Index: Cowley, Ryan E.; Holland, Patrick L. Inorganic Chemistry, 2012 , vol. 51, # 15 p. 8352 - 8361

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Abstract

A novel β-diketiminate ligand makes three-coordinate iron imides more stable to decomposition but more reactive toward hydrocarbon substrates. The structural influences of the imido N-substituent and β-diketiminate ligand explain the trends in H-atom transfer reactivity.