title: A dinitrosyl iron complex as a platform for metal-bound imidazole to N-heterocyclic carbene conversion.
abstract: An N-alkyl imidazole bearing a neutral {Fe(NO)2}(10) dinitrosyliron complex (DNIC) when treated with sodium t-butoxide undergoes base-promoted conversion to the N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-DNIC, while maintaining the Fe(NO)2 unit intact. Subsequent alkylation led to the isolation of the NHC-DNIC product; further nitrosylation led to trinitrosyl (NHC)Fe(NO)3(+). Both were isolated and structurally characterized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA. marcetta@chem.tamu.edu.
authors.forename: Chung-Hung
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.forename: Randara
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pulukkody
authors.forename: Marcetta Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Darensbourg