Synthesis, structure and stereochemistry of diiodide complexes (E)[(η5-t-BuC5H3)Fe(CO)2I]2 (E = Me2Si, Me2SiSiMe2, and Me2SiOSiMe2)
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Reactions of diiron complexes (E)[&eegr;-t-BuCH)Fe(CO)](&mgr;-CO) [E = MeSi (1), MeSiSiMe (2), and MeSiOSiMe (3)] with iodine in CHCl yielded diiodide complexes (E)[&eegr;-t-BuCH)Fe(CO)I] [E=MeSi (5), MeSiSiMe (6), and MeSiOSiMe (7)]. Like (1–3), complexes (5–7) also exists as mixtures of cis and trans isomers even though the Fe–Fe bond in (1–3) has been cleaved. When the pure isomers (1–3) reacted with iodine respectively in CHCl, the cis isomers (1c–3c) yielded only the cis products (5c–7c), whereas the trans isomers (1t–3t) yielded only the trans isomers (5t–7t). This indicates that iodination of bridged diiron complexes is stereospecific. Similar treatment of trans-(MeSi)[{&eegr;-t-(heptyl)CH}Fe(CO)](&mgr;-CO) (4t) with iodine gave only the trans product (MeSi)[{&eegr;-t-(heptyl)CH}Fe(CO)I] (8t). The molecular structure of (5t) was determined by X-ray diffraction.