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Rhodium(I) Pincer Complexes of Nitrous Oxide
Author(s) -
Gyton Matthew R.,
Leforestier Baptiste,
Chaplin Adrian B.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201908333
Subject(s) - rhodium , chemistry , nitrous oxide , adduct , decomposition , oxide , pincer movement , nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy , crystallography , inorganic chemistry , catalysis , stereochemistry , organic chemistry
The synthesis of two well‐defined rhodium(I) complexes of nitrous oxide (N 2 O) is reported. These normally elusive adducts are stable in the solid state and persist in solution at ambient temperature, enabling comprehensive structural interrogation by 15 N NMR and IR spectroscopy, and single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction. These methods evidence coordination of N 2 O through the terminal nitrogen atom in a linear fashion and are supplemented by a computational energy decomposition analysis, which provides further insights into the nature of the Rh–N 2 O interaction.