Reaction of Nitrogen(I) Oxide with Nitrogen-fixing Systems on the Basis of Lithium,Chlorotrimethylsilane, and Transition Metal Compounds

Reaction of nitrogen(I) oxide with nitrogen-fixing systems Li/Me₃SiCl/MCl _n (MCl _4n = CrCl₃, CoCl₂, Cp₂TiCl₂, FeCl₃, CuCl₂). In these systems nitrogen(I) oxide, molecular nitrogen, and air nitrogen undergo reductive silylation to tris(trimethylsilyl)amine. The efficiency of the process was estimated by the molar ratio of the tris(trimethylsilyl)amine formed to metal chloride MCl _n n. The reaction of N₂O with the nitrogen-fixing systems including CoCl₂ and Cp₂TiCl₂ is not exhausted by the reduction of the former to molecular nitrogen and its subsequent fixation by transition metal complexes.