PMID- 32926539 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20231110 IS - 1521-3773 (Electronic) IS - 1433-7851 (Print) IS - 1433-7851 (Linking) VI - 59 IP - 51 DP - 2020 Dec 14 TI - Closed Shell Iron(IV) Oxo Complex with an Fe-O Triple Bond: Computational Design, Synthesis, and Reactivity. PG - 23137-23144 LID - 10.1002/anie.202009347 [doi] AB - Iron(IV)-oxo intermediates in nature contain two unpaired electrons in the Fe-O antibonding orbitals, which are thought to contribute to their high reactivity. To challenge this hypothesis, we designed and synthesized closed-shell singlet iron(IV) oxo complex [(quinisox)Fe(O)](+) (1(+) ; quinisox-H=(N-(2-(2-isoxazoline-3-yl)phenyl)quinoline-8-carboxamide). We identified the quinisox ligand by DFT computational screening out of over 450 candidates. After the ligand synthesis, we detected 1(+) in the gas phase and confirmed its spin state by visible and infrared photodissociation spectroscopy (IRPD). The Fe-O stretching frequency in 1(+) is 960.5 cm(-1) , consistent with an Fe-O triple bond, which was also confirmed by multireference calculations. The unprecedented bond strength is accompanied by high gas-phase reactivity of 1(+) in oxygen atom transfer (OAT) and in proton-coupled electron transfer reactions. This challenges the current view of the spin-state driven reactivity of the Fe-O complexes. CI - (c) 2020 The Authors. Published by Wiley-VCH GmbH. FAU - Andris, Erik AU - Andris E AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9336-0157 AD - Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. AD - Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo namesti 2, 16610, Praha 6, Czech Republic. FAU - Segers, Koen AU - Segers K AD - Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. FAU - Mehara, Jaya AU - Mehara J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1959-3478 AD - Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. FAU - Rulisek, Lubomir AU - Rulisek L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7769-7059 AD - Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo namesti 2, 16610, Praha 6, Czech Republic. FAU - Roithova, Jana AU - Roithova J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5144-0688 AD - Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. LA - eng GR - CoG No. 682275/H2020 European Research Council/ GR - LTAUSA19148/Ministerstvo Skolstvi, Mladeze a Telovychovy/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20201029 PL - Germany TA - Angew Chem Int Ed Engl JT - Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) JID - 0370543 SB - IM PMC - PMC7756500 OTO - NOTNLM OT - ion spectroscopy OT - iron oxo complexes OT - ligand design OT - spin state COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2020/09/15 06:00 MHDA- 2020/09/15 06:01 PMCR- 2020/12/23 CRDT- 2020/09/14 15:51 PHST- 2020/07/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/09/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/09/15 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/09/14 15:51 [entrez] PHST- 2020/12/23 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ANIE202009347 [pii] AID - 10.1002/anie.202009347 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2020 Dec 14;59(51):23137-23144. doi: 10.1002/anie.202009347. Epub 2020 Oct 29.