The first systematic 57Fe NMR study of
ligand effects in cyclopentadienyliron complexes
is presented. Four series encompassing a total of 35 compounds
have been studied. Among
the compounds are five new ring-substituted complexes with the formula
(C5H4Y)Fe(CO)(PPh3)(Me), Y = Me, SiMe3,
NEt2, I, and Ph. The crystal structure of
(C5H4I)Fe(CO)(PPh3)(Me) (32) was determined. For the series
CpFe(CO)2R (type I), 57Fe
shielding was found to
decrease with the bulkiness of the alkyl ligand R and to correlate with
the CO-insertion
rate of the complex. In type III complexes
CpFe(CO)(L)(COMe), L = PR3, and CO, it
is
again the steric requirement of the ligand L that dominates the
57Fe chemical shift which
increases with larger cone angles (θ). In contrast, a strong
electronic effect was found for
type II complexes CpFe(CO)(PPh3)X, X
= H, Me, and I. Ligands with higher
electronegativity
induce a shift of the 57Fe resonance to higher
frequencies. In the complexes
(C5H4Y)Fe(CO)(PPh3)(Me), Y = Me, H, SiMe3,
NEt2, I, Ph, COOMe, and COiPr (type
IV), again electronic
effects are dominant, whereby electron acceptor substituents (e.g. Y
= COiPr, COOMe) cause
a deshielding of the iron nucleus, relative to complexes with electron
donor substituents
(e.g. Y = Me, H, SiMe3). Dominant electronic ligand
effects in type IV complexes are also
apparent from the correlation of δ(57Fe) with
the electronic substituent parameter σI.
The
57Fe chemical shift is shown to be very sensitive to
changes in the ligand sphere, and the
effects are discussed in terms of the paramagnetic shielding constant
(σpara). The
1
J(57Fe,13C)
coupling constants and longitudinal relaxation times
T
1 of 57Fe in selected
complexes have
been determined and ligand effects are discussed.