Relative M–X bond dissociation energies in 16-, 17- and 18-electron organotransition-metal complexes (X = halide, H)

Abstract

The Fe–halide bonds in Cp*Fe(dppe)X (X = F, Cl, Br, I) complexes are weakened as a consequence of one and two-electron oxidations; the bond weakening decreases in the order F << Cl < Br < I and is much less pronounced for F than the other halides, indicating a pronounced effect of apparent fluoride-to-metal backbonding as a consequence of the removal of electrons.

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