Use of dipotassium cyanamide for the synthesis of cyanoimido (NCN2-) complexes of tungsten and cobalt.
Three transition metal cyanoimido (NCN2-) complexes, (Cp*WS2)2(mu-NCN) (1) (Cp* = eta 5-C5Me5), K[(Cp*WS2)2(NCN)] (2) and ([bipy)2Co]2(mu-NCN)2)(ClO4)2 (3), were synthesized from dipotassium cyanamide, and their structures were determined.