Issue 31, 2017

Fixation of nitrous oxide by mesoionic and carbanionic N-heterocyclic carbenes

Abstract

A ditopic carbanionic N-heterocyclic carbene was found to react with the inert gas nitrous oxide, resulting in a stable covalent adduct with two intact N2O groups attached to the heterocycle. Mesoionic N-heterocyclic carbenes derived from C2-arylated 1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene are also able to form adducts with one or two N2O groups. Crystallographic analyses of all adducts reveal bent N2O groups, which can adopt a cis or trans configuration.

Graphical abstract: Fixation of nitrous oxide by mesoionic and carbanionic N-heterocyclic carbenes

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Mar 2017
Accepted
28 Mar 2017
First published
03 Apr 2017

Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 4331-4334

Fixation of nitrous oxide by mesoionic and carbanionic N-heterocyclic carbenes

L. Y. M. Eymann, R. Scopelliti, F. T. Fadaei, G. Cecot, E. Solari and K. Severin, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 4331 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC01592E

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