Recently,
we reported t
he c
haracterization of t
he
S =
1/
2 complex [Fe
V(O)B*]
−,
where B* belongs to a family of tetraamido macrocyclic ligands (TAMLs)
whose iron complexes activate peroxides for environmentally useful applications. T
he corresponding one-electron reduced species, [Fe
IV(O)B*]
2− (
2),
has no
w been prepared in >95% yield in aqueous solution at pH > 12 by oxidation of [Fe
III(H
2O)B*]
− (
1),
wit
h tert-butyl
hydroperoxide. At room temperature, t
he monomeric species
2 is in a reversible, pH-dependent equilibrium
wit
h dimeric species [B*Fe
IV−O−Fe
IVB*]
2− (
3),
wit
h a p
Ka near 10. In zero field, t
he M
xf6;ssbauer spectrum of
2 ex
hibits a quadrupole doublet
wit
h Δ
EQ = 3.95(3) mm/s and δ = −0.19(2) mm/s, parameters consistent
wit
h a
S = 1 Fe
IV state. Studies in applied magnetic fields yielded t
he zero-field splitting parameter
D = 24(3) cm
−1 toget
her
wit
h t
he magnetic
hyperfine tensor
A/
gnβ
n = (−27, −27, +2) T. Fe K-edge EXAFS analysis of
2 s
ho
ws a scatterer at 1.69 (2) Å, a distance consistent
wit
h a Fe
IVhttp://pubs.acs.org/images/entities/dbd_2.gif">O bond. DFT calculations for [Fe
IV(O)B*]
2− reproduce t
he experimental data quite
well. Furt
her significant improvement
was ac
hieved by introducing
hydrogen bonding of t
he axial oxygen
wit
h t
wo solvent&ndas
h;
water molecules. It is s
ho
wn, using DFT, t
hat t
he
57Fe
hyperfine parameters of complex
2 give evidence for strong electron donation from B* to iron.