Recent synthetic efforts from our research groups have focused on the pyridylpyrrolide ligand class and the coordination chemistry to a variety of late transition metals. We have previously described that ligand redistribution occurrs at divalent transition-metal complexes, coordinated by two of the pyridylpyrrolide ligands, when chemical reductions were attempted. However, we have recently developed synthetic strategies to circumvent this ligand redistribution, allowing for the study of redox-induced reactivity at the metal center. This talk will describe the new coordination chemistry of the pyridylpyrrolide ligand with iron leading to the reactivity and attempted functionalization of some relatively inert small molecules.

New frontiers of iron-pyridylpyrrolide chemistry

247th National Meeting (2014)

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