title: Photo-activation of d(0) niobium imido azides: en route to nitrido complexes.
abstract: We report the synthesis and photo-reactivity of d(0) niobium imido azido complexes supported by β-diketiminate ligands, which leads to the unprecedented formation of nitrides through a photo-assisted intramolecular rearrangement. This provides a new entry to metal nitrides that does not require low-valent metal centers and is a rare example in which the metal-imido moiety in group 5 complexes participates in reactivity.
authors.affiliation: C2P2 UMR 5265 CNRS, Université Lyon 1, ESCPE Lyon, 43 Bd du 11 Novembre 1918, F-69616 Villeurbanne, France.
authors.forename: Clément
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Camp
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. arnold@berkeley.edu.
authors.forename: Lauren N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. arnold@berkeley.edu.
authors.forename: Robert G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Bergman
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. arnold@berkeley.edu.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arnold