Stabilization of the Dinitrogen Analogue, Phosphorus Nitride.

ABSTRACT: The N₂ analogue phosphorus nitride (PN) was the first phosphorus-containing compound to be detected in the interstellar medium; however, this thermodynamically unstable compound has a fleeting existence on Earth. Here, we show that reductive coupling of iron(IV) nitride and molybdenum(VI) phosphide complexes assembles PN as a bridging ligand in a structurally characterized bimetallic complex. Reaction with C≡N ^t Bu releases the mononuclear complex [(N₃N)Mo-PN]^-, N₃N = [(Me₃SiNCH₂CH₂)₃N]^3-), which undergoes light-induced linkage isomerization to provide [(N₃N)Mo-NP]^-, as revealed by photocrystallography. While structural and spectroscopic characterizatio

SUBMITTER: Martinez JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7517109 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature