Room-Temperature Functionalization of N2 to Borylamine at a Molybdenum Complex

Maria F Espada; Soukaina Bennaamane; Qian Liao; Nathalie Saffon-Merceron; Stéphane Massou; Eric Clot; Noel Nebra; Marie Fustier-Boutignon; Nicolas Mézailles

doi:10.1002/anie.201805915

Room-Temperature Functionalization of N₂ to Borylamine at a Molybdenum Complex

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2018 Sep 24;57(39):12865-12868. doi: 10.1002/anie.201805915. Epub 2018 Sep 3.

Authors

Maria F Espada¹, Soukaina Bennaamane¹, Qian Liao¹, Nathalie Saffon-Merceron², Stéphane Massou², Eric Clot³, Noel Nebra¹, Marie Fustier-Boutignon¹, Nicolas Mézailles¹

Affiliations

¹ Laboratoire Hétérochimie Fondamentale et Appliquée, Université Paul Sabatier, CNRS, 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062, Toulouse, France.
² Institut de Chimie de Toulouse ICT-FR2599, Université Paul Sabatier, CNRS, 31062, Toulouse Cedex, France.
³ Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, UMR 5253 CNRS-UM-ENSCM, Université de Montpellier, Place E. Bataillon, cc 1501, 34095, Montpellier cedex 5, France.

PMID: 30039532
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201805915

Abstract

Intermolecular, stepwise functionalization by BH bonds of a (triphosphine)Mo^IV -nitrido complex generated by N₂ splitting is reported. The imido-hydride and di-hydride-amido Mo^IV complexes have been isolated and characterized. Addition of PinBH to the [Mo(H)₂ (N(BPin)₂ )]⁺ complex at room temperature results in the liberation of borylamines from the metal center.

Keywords: N2 reduction; boranes; hydride ligands; molybdenum; nitride functionalization.

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