title: Performing organic chemistry with inorganic compounds: electrophilic reactivity of selected nitrosyl complexes.
abstract: The inorganic nitrosyl (NO(+)) complexes [Fe(CN) 5NO](2-), [Ru(bpy)2(NO)Cl](2+), and [IrCl 5(NO)](-) are useful reagents for the nitrosation of a variety of organic compounds, ranging from amines to the relatively inert alkenes. Regarding [IrCl 5(NO)](-), its high electrophilicity and inertness define it as a unique reagent and provide a powerful synthetic route for the isolation and stabilization of coordinated nitroso compounds that are unstable in free form, such as S-nitrosothiols and primary nitrosamines. Related to the high electrophilicity of [IrCl 5(NO)](-), an unusual behavior is described for its PPh 4(+) salt in the solid state, showing an electronic distribution represented by Ir(IV)-NO(*) instead of Ir (III)-NO(+) (as for the K(+) and Na(+) salts).
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física/INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón II, piso 3, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina. doctorovich@qi.fcen.uba.ar
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Doctorovich
authors.forename: Florencia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Di Salvo
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D007287:Inorganic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009603:Nitroso Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry*