title: Direct Characterization of a Reactive Lattice-Confined Ru2Nitride by Photocrystallography.
abstract: Reactive metal-ligand (M-L) multiply bonded complexes are ubiquitous intermediates in redox catalysis and have thus been long-standing targets of synthetic chemistry. The intrinsic reactivity of mid-to-late M-L multiply bonded complexes renders these structures challenging to isolate and structurally characterize. Although synthetic tuning of the ancillary ligand field can stabilize M-L multiply bonded complexes and result in isolable complexes, these efforts inevitably attenuate the reactivity of the M-L multiple bond. Here, we report the first direct characterization of a reactive Ru2nitride intermediate by photocrystallography. Photogeneration of reactive M-L multiple bonds within crystalline matrices supports direct characterization of these critical intermediates without synthetic derivatization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas 77843, United States.
authors.forename: Anuvab
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-9344-4414
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas 77843, United States.
authors.forename: Joseph H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Reibenspies
authors.affiliation: ChemMatCARS, the University of Chicago , Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States.
authors.forename: Yu-Sheng
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas 77843, United States.
authors.forename: David C
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-3717-2001
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Powers