skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Iron Complexes Bearing Diphosphine Ligands with Positioned Pendant Amines as Electrocatalysts for the Oxidation of H2

Journal Article · · Organometallics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/om501289f· OSTI ID:1234789

The synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of CpC5F4NFe(PtBu2NBn2)Cl, [3-Cl] (where C5F4N is the tetrafluorpyridyl substituent and PtBu2NBn2 = 1,5-di(tert-butyl)-3,7-di(benzyl)-1,5-diaza-3,7-diphosphacyclooctane) are reported. Complex 3-Cl and previously reported [CpC5F4NFe(PtBu2NtBu2)Cl], 4-Cl, are precursors to intermediates in the catalytic oxidation of H2, including CpC5F4NFe(PtBu2NBn2)H (3-H), CpC5F4NFe(PtBu2NtBu2)H (4-H), [CpC5F4NFe(PtBu2NBn2)]BArF4 ([3](BArF4), [CpC5F4NFe(PtBu2NtBu2)]BArF4 ([4](BArF4), [CpC5F4NFe(PtBu2NBn2)(H2)]BArF4 ([3-H2]BArF4), and [CpC5F4NFe(PtBu2NtBu2H)H]BArF4 ([4-FeH(NH)]BArF4). All of these complexes were characterized by spectroscopic and electrochemical studies; 3-Cl, 3-H and 4-Cl were also characterized by single crystal diffraction studies. 3-H and 4-H are electrocatalysts for H2 (1.0 atm) oxidation in the presence of a excess of the amine base N-methylpyrrolidine, with turnover frequencies at 22 °C of 2.5 s-1 and 0.5 s-1, and overpotentials at Ecat/2 of 235 mV and 95 mV, respectively. Studies of individual chemical and/or electrochemical reactions of the various intermediates provide important insights into the factors governing the overall catalytic activity for H2 oxidation, and provide important insights into the role of the pendant base of the [FeFe] hydrogenase active site. This work was supported by the Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis, an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is operated by Battelle for the U.S. Department of Energy.

Research Organization:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis (CME); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
1234789
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-104812; KC0307010
Journal Information:
Organometallics, Vol. 24, Issue 12; ISSN 0276-7333
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (85)

Structure/Function Relationships of [NiFe]- and [FeFe]-Hydrogenases journal October 2007
Hydrogenases journal March 2014
The organometallic active site of [Fe]hydrogenase: Models and entatic states journal March 2003
Structural and Functional Analogues of the Active Sites of the [Fe]-, [NiFe]-, and [FeFe]-Hydrogenases journal June 2009
Small molecule mimics of hydrogenases: hydrides and redox journal January 2009
Development of Molecular Electrocatalysts for CO2 Reduction and H2 Production/Oxidation journal December 2009
Recent progress in electrochemical hydrogen production with earth-abundant metal complexes as catalysts journal January 2012
Complexes of earth-abundant metals for catalytic electrochemical hydrogen generation under aqueous conditions journal January 2013
A Modular Approach to the Development of Molecular Electrocatalysts for H2 Oxidation and Production Based on Inexpensive Metals book August 2010
A new iron age journal August 2009
Catalytic Hydrogen Oxidation: Dawn of a New Iron Age journal May 2013
Synthesis of the H-cluster framework of iron-only hydrogenase journal February 2005
Series of Mixed Valent Fe(II)Fe(I) Complexes That Model the H ox State of [FeFe]Hydrogenase: Redox Properties, Density-Functional Theory Investigation, and Reactivities with Extrinsic CO journal August 2008
A Mixed-Valent, Fe(II)Fe(I), Diiron Complex Reproduces the Unique Rotated State of the [FeFe]Hydrogenase Active Site journal June 2007
Sulfur Oxygenates of Biomimetics of the Diiron Subsite of the [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Active Site: Properties and Oxygen Damage Repair Possibilities journal June 2009
Biomimetic Hydrogen Evolution Catalyzed by an Iron Carbonyl Thiolate journal September 2001
A Biomimetic Pathway for Hydrogen Evolution from a Model of the Iron Hydrogenase Active Site journal February 2004
Carbene–pyridine chelating 2Fe2S hydrogenase model complexes as highly active catalysts for the electrochemical reduction of protons from weak acid (HOAc) journal January 2007
Electrocatalysis of hydrogen production by active site analogues of the iron hydrogenase enzyme: structure/function relationships journal January 2003
The Hydrophilic Phosphatriazaadamantane Ligand in the Development of H 2 Production Electrocatalysts:  Iron Hydrogenase Model Complexes journal September 2004
Synthetic Models for the Active Site of the [FeFe]-Hydrogenase: Catalytic Proton Reduction and the Structure of the Doubly Protonated Intermediate journal November 2012
Combining acid–base, redox and substrate binding functionalities to give a complete model for the [FeFe]-hydrogenase journal October 2011
Catalytic Activation of H 2 under Mild Conditions by an [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Model via an Active μ-Hydride Species journal September 2013
Hydrogen Generation Catalyzed by Fluorinated Diglyoxime–Iron Complexes at Low Overpotentials journal May 2012
Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution at Low Overpotentials by Cobalt Macrocyclic Glyoxime and Tetraimine Complexes journal July 2007
Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution in Acidic Water with Molecular Cobalt Tetraazamacrocycles journal February 2012
Cobaloxime-Based Photocatalytic Devices for Hydrogen Production journal January 2008
Splitting Water with Cobalt journal July 2011
Mimicking hydrogenases: From biomimetics to artificial enzymes journal July 2014
Acidic ionic liquid/water solution as both medium and proton source for electrocatalytic H2 evolution by [Ni(P2N2)2]2+ complexes journal June 2012
[Ni(P Ph 2 N C6H4X 2 ) 2 ] 2+ Complexes as Electrocatalysts for H 2 Production: Effect of Substituents, Acids, and Water on Catalytic Rates journal April 2011
Electrocatalytic H 2 production with a turnover frequency >10 7 s −1 : the medium provides an increase in rate but not overpotential journal January 2014
Studies of a Series of [Ni(P R 2 N Ph 2 ) 2 (CH 3 CN)] 2+ Complexes as Electrocatalysts for H 2 Production: Substituent Variation at the Phosphorus Atom of the P 2 N 2 Ligand journal November 2011
Hydrogen oxidation catalysis by a nickel diphosphine complex with pendant tert-butyl amines journal January 2010
Hydrogen Oxidation and Production Using Nickel-Based Molecular Catalysts with Positioned Proton Relays journal January 2006
Two Pathways for Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Hydrogen by a Nickel Bis(diphosphine) Complex with Pendant Amines in the Second Coordination Sphere journal June 2013
Arginine-Containing Ligands Enhance H 2 Oxidation Catalyst Performance journal May 2014
Minimal Proton Channel Enables H 2 Oxidation and Production with a Water-Soluble Nickel-Based Catalyst journal November 2013
Reversible Electrocatalytic Production and Oxidation of Hydrogen at Low Overpotentials by a Functional Hydrogenase Mimic journal February 2012
Comparison of Cobalt and Nickel Complexes with Sterically Demanding Cyclic Diphosphine Ligands: Electrocatalytic H 2 Production by [Co(P t Bu 2 N Ph 2 )(CH 3 CN) 3 ](BF 4 ) 2 journal November 2010
Thermochemical and Mechanistic Studies of Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Production by Cobalt Complexes Containing Pendant Amines journal November 2013
Pendant Bases as Proton Relays in Iron Hydride and Dihydrogen Complexes journal March 2006
Halo- and alkyl(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)[1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane]iron(III) 17-electron complexes: synthesis, NMR and magnetic properties and EHMO calculations journal April 1991
Syntheses and X-ray Crystal Structures of Five- and Six-Coordinated Iron(I) and Iron(II) Complexes with the Same (η 5 -C 5 Me 5 )Fe(dppe) Framework journal January 1996
Stabilization of 16-Electron Paramagnetic Organoiron Species versus Coordination of Dinitrogen. X-ray Crystal Structures of [Fe(.eta.5-C5H5)(N2)(dippe)][BPh4], [Fe(.eta.5-C5Me5)(dippe)][BPh4], and [Fe(.eta.5-C5H5)Cl(dippe)][BPh4] (dippe = 1,2-Bis(diisopropylphosphino)ethane) journal August 1995
[(η 5 -C 5 Me 5 )Fe(Ph 2 PCH 2 CH 2 CH 2 PPh 2 )][SO 3 CF 3 ], a Stable 16-Electron Complex with a Coordinating Counteranion and without Agostic Interaction:  The Dramatic Role of a Trivial Methylene Group journal April 2002
Classical and non-classical iron hydrides: synthesis, NMR characterisation, theoretical investigation and X-ray crystal structure of the iron(IV) dihydride 〚Cp*Fe(dppe)(H)2〛+BF4– journal February 2002
Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of Fe Complexes Containing Cyclic Diazadiphosphine Ligands: The Role of the Pendant Base in Heterolytic Cleavage of H 2 journal March 2012
An iron complex with pendent amines as a molecular electrocatalyst for oxidation of hydrogen journal February 2013
Heterolytic Cleavage of Hydrogen by an Iron Hydrogenase Model: An Fe-H⋅⋅⋅H-N Dihydrogen Bond Characterized by Neutron Diffraction journal April 2014
Iron Complexes for the Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Hydrogen: Tuning Primary and Secondary Coordination Spheres journal March 2014
Electrochemical oxidation of H 2 catalyzed by ruthenium hydride complexes bearing P 2 N 2 ligands with pendant amines as proton relays journal January 2014
Perfluoroaryl-substituted cyclopentadienyl complexes of transition metals journal May 2006
Synthesis and characterization of transition metal complexes bearing tetrafluoro-4-pyridyl substituent on the cyclopentadienyl ring journal October 2010
Structures of transition-metal hydride complexes journal May 1979
Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of Dicationic Dihydrogen Complexes of Osmium and Ruthenium journal January 1998
Dihydrogen with Frequency of Motion Near the 1 H Larmor Frequency. Solid-State Structures and Solution NMR Spectroscopy of Osmium Complexes trans -[Os(H ·· H)X(PPh 2 CH 2 CH 2 PPh 2 ) 2 ] + (X = Cl, Br) journal January 1996
Distance and Scalar HH-Coupling Correlations in Transition Metal Dihydrides and Dihydrogen Complexes journal June 1999
Synthesis and Properties of Compressed Dihydride Complexes of Iridium:  Theoretical and Spectroscopic Investigations journal July 2004
A rare terminal dinitrogen complex of chromium journal January 2011
Rapid, Reversible Heterolytic Cleavage of Bound H 2 journal July 2013
Heterolytic cleavage of H 2 by bifunctional manganese( i ) complexes: impact of ligand dynamics, electrophilicity, and base positioning journal January 2014
Role of the Azadithiolate Cofactor in Models for [FeFe]-Hydrogenase: Novel Structures and Catalytic Implications journal December 2010
Dihydrogen Bonding:  Structures, Energetics, and Dynamics journal July 2001
Equilibrium isotope effect on hydrogen distribution between carbon- and metal-bound sites. A neutron diffraction study of partially deuterated decacarbonyldihydridomethylenetriosmium journal September 1978
Kinetic Isotope Effects in the Study of Organometallic Reaction Mechanisms journal August 2011
1,2-Addition versus σ-Bond Metathesis Reactions in Transient Bis(cyclopentadienyl)zirconium Imides: Evidence for a d 0 Dihydrogen Complex journal March 2008
Extension of the Self-Consistent Spectrophotometric Basicity Scale in Acetonitrile to a Full Span of 28 p K a Units:  Unification of Different Basicity Scales journal February 2005
Basicity of substituted 2-phenyl-1,1,3,3- tetramethylguanidines and other bases in acetonitrile solvent journal April 1989
Theoretical, Thermodynamic, Spectroscopic, and Structural Studies of the Consequences of One-Electron Oxidation on the Fe−X Bonds in 17- and 18-Electron Cp*Fe(dppe)X Complexes (X = F, Cl, Br, I, H, CH 3 ) journal October 2001
Theory of Stationary Electrode Polarography. Single Scan and Cyclic Methods Applied to Reversible, Irreversible, and Kinetic Systems. journal April 1964
Determining the Overpotential for a Molecular Electrocatalyst journal December 2013
Synthesis, Structures, and Reactions of Manganese Complexes Containing Diphosphine Ligands with Pendant Amines journal October 2010
A Capable Bridging Ligand for Fe-Only Hydrogenase:  Density Functional Calculations of a Low-Energy Route for Heterolytic Cleavage and Formation of Dihydrogen journal April 2001
Nature of hydrogen interactions with Ni(II) complexes containing cyclic phosphine ligands with pendant nitrogen bases journal March 2007
Proton Delivery and Removal in [Ni(P R 2 N R 2 ) 2 ] 2+ Hydrogen Production and Oxidation Catalysts journal November 2012
Moving Protons with Pendant Amines: Proton Mobility in a Nickel Catalyst for Oxidation of Hydrogen journal September 2011
The Role of Pendant Amines in the Breaking and Forming of Molecular Hydrogen Catalyzed by Nickel Complexes journal April 2012
Increasing the rate of hydrogen oxidation without increasing the overpotential: a bio-inspired iron molecular electrocatalyst with an outer coordination sphere proton relay journal January 2015
Carbon dioxide and formaldehyde coordination on molybdenocene to metal and hydrogen bonds of the C1 molecule in the solid state journal May 1985
Adsorption and decomposition of formaldehyde on the ruthenium(001) surface: the spectroscopic identification of .eta.2-formaldehyde and .eta.2-formyl journal September 1985
Kinetic and thermodynamic acidity of hydrido transition-metal complexes. 4. Kinetic acidities toward aniline and their use in identifying proton-transfer mechanisms journal June 1987
A short history of SHELX journal December 2007
X-Seed — A Software Tool for Supramolecular Crystallography journal July 2001
Stabilization of Nickel Complexes with Ni 0 ···H–N Bonding Interactions Using Sterically Demanding Cyclic Diphosphine Ligands journal December 2011

Cited By (4)

Catalytic Activity of Thiolate-Bridged Diruthenium Complexes Bearing Pendent Ether Moieties in the Oxidation of Molecular Dihydrogen journal December 2016
Comparative studies on the contribution of NH⋯S hydrogen bonds in tungsten and molybdenum benzenedithiolate complexes journal January 2016
Anion control of tautomeric equilibria: Fe–H vs. N–H influenced by NH⋯F hydrogen bonding journal January 2019
Evaluation of attractive interactions in the second coordination sphere of iron complexes containing pendant amines journal January 2019