Cooperative dinitrogen capture by a diboraanthracene/samarocene pair.

Authors :: Xu, Song
Essex, Laura A.
Nguyen, Joseph Q.
Farias, Phillip
Ziller, Joseph W.
Harman, W. Hill
Evans, William J.
Source :: Dalton Transactions: An International Journal of Inorganic Chemistry; 11/14/2021, Vol. 50 Issue 42, p15000-15002, 3p
Publication Year :: 2021
Abstract: The combination of a boron Lewis acid and a decamethylsamarocene, specifically 9,10-Me<subscript>2</subscript>-9,10-diboraanthracene with (C<subscript>5</subscript>Me<subscript>5</subscript>)<subscript>2</subscript>Sm<superscript>II</superscript>(THF)<subscript>2</subscript>, in toluene leads to cooperative reductive capture of N<subscript>2</subscript>. The product crystallizes as the salt, [(C<subscript>5</subscript>Me<subscript>5</subscript>)<subscript>2</subscript>Sm<superscript>III</superscript>(THF)<subscript>2</subscript>][(C<subscript>5</subscript>Me<subscript>5</subscript>)<subscript>2</subscript>Sm<superscript>III</superscript>(η<superscript>2</superscript>-N<subscript>2</subscript>B<subscript>2</subscript>C<subscript>14</subscript>H<subscript>14</subscript>)], 1, which formally is comprised of an (N＝N)<superscript>2−</superscript> moiety sandwiched between a [(C<subscript>5</subscript>Me<subscript>5</subscript>)<subscript>2</subscript>Sm<superscript>III</superscript>]<superscript>1+</superscript> metallocene cation and the diboraanthracene ditopic Lewis acid. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects :: LEWIS acids
COOPERATIVE societies
MOIETIES (Chemistry)
TOLUENE
BORON

Language :: English
ISSN :: 14779226
Volume :: 50
Issue :: 42
Database :: Complementary Index
Journal :: Dalton Transactions: An International Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 153440901
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1039/d1dt03220h