In 2015,Nakae, Toyotaka; Hirotsu, Masakazu; Kinoshita, Isamu published 《Di- and mononuclear iron complexes of N,C,S-tridentate ligands containing an aminopyridyl group: effect of the pendant amine site on catalytic properties for proton reduction》.Organometallics published the findings.Formula: C5H5BrN2 The information in the text is summarized as follows:
A series of diiron complexes of N,C,S-tridentate ligands containing a 6-, 5-, or 4-amino-2-pyridyl group, [{Fe(μ-L-κ3N,C,S)(CO)2}Fe(CO)3] [2, L = o-apyBPT; 3, L = m-apyBPT; 4, L = p-apyBPT; apyBPT = 2-(2-aminopyridinyl)-6-(2-phenylthiolato)phenyl-κC1,κN,κS], was prepared Complexes 2-4 were converted to the mononuclear iron(II) complexes trans-[Fe(L-κ3N,C,S)(CO)(PMe2Ph)2] (6, L = o-apyBPT; 7, L = m-apyBPT; 8, L = p-apyBPT). In 2 and 6, the o-amino group is close to Fe bound to the aminopyridyl group. Cyclic voltammograms of 2-4 exhibit two consecutive one-electron reduction events, and catalytic current for proton reduction appears in the presence of acetic acid. The reduction potentials of 2-4 are similar to each other, while the overpotential for proton reduction with o-amino complex 2 is ca. 0.2 V lower than those with 3 and 4. In the mononuclear complexes 6-8, the redox potentials for the FeIII/FeII couple are dependent on the position of the amino group in the pyridine ring, which is described by electronic and steric effects of the amino group. Such effects on the redox potentials are suppressed in the diiron complexes because the reduction occurs at the diiron core with π-accepting CO ligands, which is supported by DFT calculations The lower overpotential in 2 compared with 3 and 4 is attributed to the concerted effect of the amino group proximal to the iron center. The amino group probably acts as a proton acceptor and assists the formation of the H-H bond from a hydride on the iron centers and a proton bound to the amino group. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, 6-Bromopyridin-3-amine(cas: 13534-97-9Formula: C5H5BrN2)
6-Bromopyridin-3-amine(cas: 13534-97-9) belongs to anime. Reduction of nitro compounds, RNO2, by hydrogen or other reducing agents produces primary amines cleanly (i.e., without a mixture of products), but the method is mostly used for aromatic amines because of the limited availability of aliphatic nitro compounds. Reduction of nitriles and oximes (R2C=NOH) also yields primary amines.Formula: C5H5BrN2