Synthesis and Reactivity of a Transient, Terminal Nitrido Complex of Rhodium

Authors
  • M.G. Scheibel
  • Y. Wu
  • A.C. Stückl
  • L. Krause
Publication date 2013
Journal Journal of the American Chemical Society
Volume | Issue number 135 | 47
Pages (from-to) 17719-17722
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS)
Abstract Irradiation of rhodium(II) azido complex [Rh(N3){N(CHCHPtBu2)2}] allowed for the spectroscopic characterization of the first reported rhodium complex with a terminal nitrido ligand. DFT computations reveal that the unpaired electron of rhodium(IV) nitride complex [Rh(N){N(CHCHPtBu2)2}] is located in an antibonding Rh-N π* bond involving the nitrido moiety, thus resulting in predominant N-radical character, in turn providing a rationale for its transient nature and observed nitride coupling to dinitrogen.
Document type Article
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Language English
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https://doi.org/10.1021/ja409764j (Final published version)
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