Table 2.
Electrochemical potentials for the family of Fe(NO)2(PR3)(TCNE) species vs FeCp2+/FeCp2 at scan rate of 100 mV/s and the pKa values for the phosphines and phosphite
Complexes | Epc (V) | Epa(P) (V) | E° (ΔE) (V) | pKa (Phosphine) |
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Fe(NO)2[P(OMe)3](η2-TCNE), 2 | −0.990 | −0.398 | 2.6 | |
Fe(NO)2[PEt2Ph](η2-TCNE), 5 | −1.120 | −0.604 | 6.25 | |
Fe(NO)2[PMe2Ph](η2-TCNE), 4 | −1.123 | −0.607 | 6.5 | |
Fe(NO)2[P(n-Bu)3](η2-TCNE), 3 | −1.146 | −0.652 | 8.43 | |
Fe(NO)2[P(OMe3)](CO), | −1.96 (125 mV) | 2.6 | ||
Fe(NO)2[PEt2Ph](CO) | −2.108 (131 mV) | 6.25 | ||
Fe(NO)2[PMe2Ph](CO) | −2.101 (268 mV) | 6.5 | ||
Fe(NO)2[P(n-Bu)3](CO) | −2.150 (130 mV) | 8.43 |