A Structurally Characterized Nitrous Oxide Complex of Vanadium

作者:Piro Nicholas A; Lichterman Michael F; Harman W Hill; Chang Christopher J*
来源:Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011, 133(7): 2108-2111.
DOI:10.1021/ja110798w

摘要

Nitrous oxide (N(2)O), a widespread greenhouse gas, is a thermodynamically potent and environmentally green oxidant that is an attractive target for activation by metal centers. However, N(2)O remains underutilized owing to its high kinetic stability, and the poor ligand properties of this molecule have made well-characterized metal-N(2)O complexes a rarity. We now report a vanadium-pyrrolide system that reversibly binds N(2)O at room temperature and provide the first single-crystal X-ray structure of such a complex. Further characterization by vibrational spectroscopy and DFT calculations strongly favor assignment as a linear, N-bound metal-N(2)O complex.

  • 出版日期2011-2-23