Carboxamidate Ligand Noninnocence in Proton Coupled Electron Transfer
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McManus, C., Mondal, P., Lovisari, M., Twamley, B. & McDonald, A.R., Carboxamidate Ligand Noninnocence in Proton Coupled Electron Transfer, Inorganic Chemistry, 58, 17, 2019, 4515-4523Download Item:
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Recent breakthroughs have brought into question the innocence (or not) of carboxamidate donor ligands in the reactivity of high-valent oxidants. To test the reactivity properties of high-valent carboxamidate complexes, [NiII(tBu-terpy)(L)] (1, tBu-terpy = 4,4′,4′′-tri-tert-butyl-2,2′;6′,2″-terpyridine; L = N,N′-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-2,6-pyridinedicarboxamidate) was prepared and converted to [NiIII(tBu-terpy)(L)]+ (2) using ceric ammonium nitrate. 2 was characterized using electronic absorption and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopies and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. 2 was found to be a capable oxidant of phenols and through kinetic analysis was found to oxidize these substrates via a nonconcerted or partially concerted proton coupled electron transfer (PCET) mechanism. The products of PCET oxidation of phenols by 2 were phenoxyl radical and the protonated form of 1, 1H+. 1H+ was crystallographically characterized providing convincing evidence of 1’s ability to act as a proton acceptor. We demonstrate that the complex remained intact through a full cycle of oxidation of 1 to 2, PCET of 2 to yield 1H+, and deprotonation of 1H+ to yield 1 followed by reoxidation of 1 to yield 2. The N–H bond dissociation energy of the protonated amide in 1H+ was determined to be 84 kcal/mol. Our findings illuminate the role carboxamidate ligands can play in PCET oxidation.
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