title: A structurally characterized nitrous oxide complex of vanadium.
abstract: Nitrous oxide (N(2)O), a widespread greenhouse gas, is a thermodynamically potent and environmentally green oxidant that is an attractive target for activation by metal centers. However, N(2)O remains underutilized owing to its high kinetic stability, and the poor ligand properties of this molecule have made well-characterized metal-N(2)O complexes a rarity. We now report a vanadium-pyrrolide system that reversibly binds N(2)O at room temperature and provide the first single-crystal X-ray structure of such a complex. Further characterization by vibrational spectroscopy and DFT calculations strongly favor assignment as a linear, N-bound metal-N(2)O complex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.
authors.forename: Nicholas A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Piro
authors.forename: Michael F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Lichterman
authors.forename: W Hill
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Harman
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009609:Nitrous Oxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000737:chemistry; D014639:Vanadium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D011758:Pyrroles; D014639:Vanadium; D009609:Nitrous Oxide