title: Dinitrogen binding at vanadium in a tris(alkoxide) ligand environment.
abstract: We report the first tris(alkoxide)V(III) complex to bind dinitrogen. Removal of THF from V(OR)(3)THF furnishes the highly reactive V(OR)(3) fragment, which binds dinitrogen to form [V(OR)(3)](2)(μ-N(2)) in the solid state. Dinitrogen is readily released upon dissolution of the complex. Structural and DFT studies are consistent with significant activation of N(2) when bound by the vanadium tris(alkoxide) platform.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA.
authors.forename: Stanislav
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Groysman
authors.forename: Dino
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Villagrán
authors.forename: Danna E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Freedman
authors.forename: Daniel G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Nocera