Synthesis and Reactivity of a Transient, Terminal Nitrido Complex of Rhodium
- Markus G. Scheibel (1878232)
- Yanlin Wu (1366953)
- A. Claudia Stückl (1619107)
- Lennard Krause (1682650)
- Elena Carl (1758904)
- Dietmar Stalke (1407541)
- Bas de Bruin (1319475)
- Sven Schneider (1366548)
Publication date
November 2013
DOIAbstract
Irradiation of rhodium(II) azido complex [Rh(N<sub>3</sub>){N(CHCHP<i>t</i>Bu<sub>2</sub>)<sub>2</sub>}] 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(CHCHP<i>t</i>Bu<sub>2</sub>)<sub>2</sub>}] 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
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