A Low‐Valent Molybdenum Nitride Complex: Reduction Promotes Carbonylation Chemistry |
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Authors: | Joshua A Buss Christine Cheng Prof Theodor Agapie |
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Institution: | Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA |
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Abstract: | Toward nitrogen functionalization, reactive terminal transition metal nitrides with high d‐electron counts are of interest. A series of terminal MoIV nitride complexes were prepared within the context of exploring nitride/carbonyl coupling to cyanate. Reduction affords the first MoII nitrido complex, an early metal nitride with four valence d‐electrons. The binding mode of the para‐terphenyl diphosphine ancillary ligand changes to stabilize an electronic configuration with a high electron count and a formal M?N bond order of three. Even with an intact Mo≡N bond, this low‐valent nitrido complex proves to be highly reactive, readily undergoing N‐atom transfer upon addition of CO, releasing cyanate anion. |
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Keywords: | carbonylation group transfer molybdenum terminal nitrides transition-metal complexes |
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