Stepwise electrochemical catalysis of three successive replacements of the carbonyl group by trimethyl phosphite in a tri-iron cluster complex
Abstract
The electrochemically catalysed replacement of the carbonyl ligand by P(OMe)3 in the tri-iron cluster Fe3S2CO8L (L = C3H2S2) proceeds stepwise and leads to the clusters Fe3S2CO8–nL[P(OMe)3]n(n= 1, 2, or 3).