文摘
The coupling of electron and proton transfers is currently under intense scrutiny. This Communication reports a new kind of proton-coupled electron transfer within a homodinuclear first-row transition-metal complex. The triply-bridged complex [FeIII(渭-OPh)(渭2-mpdp)FeII(NH2Bn)] (1; mpdp2鈥?/sup> = m-phenylenedipropionate) bearing a terminal aminobenzyl ligand can be reversibly deprotonated to the anilinate complex 2 whose core [FeII(渭-OPh)(渭2-mpdp)FeIII(NHBn)] features an inversion of the iron valences. This observation is supported by a combination of UV鈥搗isible, 1H NMR, and M枚ssbauer spectroscopic studies.