title: A highly reduced cyanogen ligand derived from cyanide reductive coupling.
abstract: The synthesis, structure, and spectroscopic features of a bimetallic cyanogen complex obtained from the reductive coupling of cyanide by a niobium(IV) precursor are described, and a mechanism for the coupling reaction is proposed based on DFT calculations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 6-435, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA.
authors.forename: Alexander R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: Christopher C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Cummins