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Addition of Nitriles to Metal Sulfides: Possible Insight into the Metal Sulfide Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Nitriles and Dinitrogen
Author(s) -
Goodman Jonathan T.,
Rauchfuss Thomas B.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199720831
Subject(s) - adduct , catalysis , chemistry , sulfide , metal , amine gas treating , nitrogen , bicyclic molecule , organic chemistry
In the presence of oxidants such as amine oxides, nitriles add to [ReS 4 ] − ions to give bicyclic adducts (structure of the CF 3 CN adduct on the right). This reaction provides a new model for the activation of unsaturated nitrogen compounds by metal sulfides, which are known to be good catalyst for the hydrogenation of such substrates.