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Stepwise assembly of heterobimetallic complexes: synthesis, structure, and physical properties.

Bimetallic active sites are ubiquitous in metalloenzymes and have sparked investigations of synthetic models to aid in the establishment of structure-function relationship. We previously reported a series of discrete bimetallic complexes with [FeIII-(μ-OH)-MII] cores in which the ligand framework provides distinct binding sites for two metal centers. The formation of these complexes relied on a stepwise synthetic approach in which an FeIII-OH complex containing a sulfonamido tripodal ligand served as a synthon that promoted assembly. We have utilized this approach in the present study to produce a new series of bimetallic complexes with [FeIII-(μ-OH)-MII] cores (M = Ni, Cu, Zn) by using an ancillary ligand to the FeIII center that contains phosphinic amido groups. Assembly began with formation of an FeIII-OH that was subsequently used to bind the MII fragment that contained a triazacyclononane ligand. The series of bimetallic complexes were charactered structurally by X-ray diffraction methods, spectroscopically by absorption, vibrational, electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopies, and electrochemically by cyclic voltammetry. A notable finding is that these new [FeIII-(μ-OH)-MII] complexes displayed significantly lower reduction potentials than their sulfonamido counterparts, which paves way for future studies on high valent bimetallic complexes in this scaffold.