title: Nitrogen fixation to cyanide at a molybdenum center.
abstract: Facile methoxymethylation of N(2)-derived nitride NMo(N[(t)Bu]Ar)(3) provided the imido cation [MeOCH(2)NMo(N[(t)Bu]Ar)(3)](+) as its triflate salt in 88% yield. Treatment of the latter with LiN(SiMe(3))(2) provided blue methoxyketimide complex MeO(H)CNMo(N[(t)Bu]Ar)(3) in 95% yield. Conversion of the latter to the terminal cyanide complex NCMo(N[(t)Bu]Ar)(3), which was the subject of a single-crystal X-ray diffraction study, was accomplished in 51% yield upon treatment with a combination of SnCl(2) and Me(2)NSiMe(3).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA.
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Curley
authors.forename: Anthony F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Cozzolino
authors.forename: Christopher C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Cummins