Unusually strong binding of dinitrogen to a ruthenium center

Johanna M. Blacquiere; Carolyn S. Higman; Serge I. Gorelsky; Nicholas J. Beach; Scott J. Dalgarno; Deryn E. Fogg

doi:10.1002/anie.201005640

Unusually strong binding of dinitrogen to a ruthenium center

Johanna M. Blacquiere, Carolyn S. Higman, Serge I. Gorelsky, Nicholas J. Beach, Scott J. Dalgarno, Deryn E. Fogg

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Stuck on Ru: The lability of the N₂ ligand is thought to limit the efficacy of late-transition-metal complexes for the catalytic activation of N₂. However, complex 1 is found to bind N₂ with unprecedented strength. This species resists displacement of N₂ by CO at room temperature, while computational and experimental data suggest that the Ru-N₂ binding is stronger than the Ru-IMes binding. IMes=N,N'-bis(mesityl)imidazol-2-ylidene. © 2011 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	916-919
Number of pages	4
Journal	Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Volume	50
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201005640
Publication status	Published - 24 Jan 2011

Keywords

carbene ligands
density functional calculations
dinitrogen activation
hydrides
ruthenium

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