Low-temper
ature oxid
ation of Fe
2(S
2C
nH
2n)(CNMe)
6-x(CO)
x (
n = 2, 3;
x = 2, 3)
affords
a f
amilyof mixed c
arbonyl-isocy
anides of the type [Fe
2(S
2C
nH
2n)(CO)
x(CNMe)
7-x]
2+. The degree of substitution iscontrolled by the RNC/Fe r
atio,
as well
as the degree of initi
al substitution
at iron, with tric
arbonyl deriv
ativesf
avoring more highly c
arbonyl
ated products. The structures of the monoc
arbonyl deriv
atives [Fe
2(S
2C
nH
2n)(
ages/entities/mgr.gif">-CO)(CNMe)
6](PF
6)
2 (
n = 2,3) est
ablished cryst
allogr
aphic
ally
and spectroscopic
ally,
are quite simil
ar,with Fe---Fe dist
ances of c
a. 2.5 Å,
although the
ages/entities/mgr.gif">-CO is unsymmetric
al in the prop
anedithiol
ate deriv
ative.Isomeric forms of [Fe
2(S
2C
3H
6)(CO)(CNMe)
6](PF
6)
2 were ch
ar
acterized where the CO is bridging or termin
al,the gre
atest structur
al difference being the 0.1 Å elong
ation of the Fe---Fe dist
ance when MeNC (vs CO)is bridging. In the dic
arbonyl species, [Fe
2(S
2C
2H
4)(
ages/entities/mgr.gif">-CO)(CO)(CNMe)
5](PF
6)
2, the termin
al CO lig
and issitu
ated
at one of the b
as
al sites, not tr
ans to the Fe---Fe vector. Oxid
ation of Fe
2(S
2C
2H
4)(CNMe)
3(CO)
3under 1
atm CO gives the deep pink tric
arbonyl [Fe
2(S
2C
2H
4)(CO)
3(CNMe)
4](PF
6)
2. DFT c
alcul
ations showth
at
a bridging CO or MeNC est
ablishes
a 3-center, 2-electron bond within the two Fe(II) centers, whichwould otherwise be nonbonding.