Cleavage of the C ident to N Bond on a Triruthenium Cluster: Synthesis and Structure of a Triruthenium Complex Containing a mu_3-Nitrido Ligand

摘要

Since a nitrile group contains an sp hybridized nitrogen atom as well as dinitrogen,cleavage of the C ident to N bond of nitrile is regarded as an analogue of N ident to N bond activation of dinitrogen.The nitrogenase enzyme was shown to catalyze reductive cleavage of the C ident to N bond of nitrile.Carbon-nitrogen bond cleavage of nitrile by using the dimolybdenum sulfido complex [(CpMo)_2(S_2CH_2)(mu-S)(mu-SH)]~+ (Cp = eta~5-C_5H_5) under a dihydrogen atmosphere was demonstrated by Rakowski DuBois and co-workers.