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Title: Cyanide Ligand Assembly by Carbon Atom Transfer to an Iron Nitride

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  1. Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN (United States). Dept. of Chemistry; Indiana University
  2. Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
  3. Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN (United States). Dept. of Chemistry; Loyola Univ., Chicago, IL (United States)
  4. Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States). Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Brandeis Univ., Waltham, MA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry

The new iron(IV) nitride complex PhB(iPr2Im)3Fe≡N reacts with two equivalents of bis(diisopropylamino)cyclopropenylidene (BAC) to provide PhB(iPr2Im)3Fe(CN)(N2)(BAC). This unusual example of a four-electron reaction involves carbon atom transfer from BAC to create a cyanide ligand along with the alkyne iPr2N-C≡C-NiPr2. The iron complex is in equilibrium with an N2- free species. Further reaction with CO leads to formation of a CO analogue, which can be independently prepared using NaCN as the cyanide source, while reaction with B(C6F5)3 provides the cyanoborane derivative.

Research Organization:
Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-08ER15996
OSTI ID:
1393565
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society Journal Issue: 40 Vol. 139; ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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