@article{b514ecfa101d441db15fa82c49bd79c9,
title = "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 CNtBu 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 characterization, supported by electronic structure calculations, reveals the PN multiple bond character, coordination to molybdenum induces a nucleophilic character at the terminal atom of the PN/NP ligands. Indeed, the linkage isomers can be trapped in solution by reaction with a Rh(I) electrophile.",
author = "Martinez, {Jorge L.} and Lutz, {Sean A.} and Beagan, {Daniel M.} and Xinfeng Gao and Maren Pink and Chen, {Chun Hsing} and Veronica Carta and Pierre Mo{\"e}nne-Loccoz and Smith, {Jeremy M.}",
note = "Funding Information: J.L.M., S.A.L., and J.M.S acknowledged funding from the NSF (CHE-1566258 and CHE-1900020). P.M.-L. was supported by funding from the NIH (GM074785). Support for the acquisition of the Bruker Venture D8 diffractometer through the Major Scientific Research Equipment Fund from the President of Indiana University and the Office of the Vice President for Research is gratefully acknowledged. NSF{\textquoteright}s ChemMatCARS Sector 15 is supported by the Divisions of Chemistry (CHE) and Materials Research (DMR), National Science Foundation, under Grant NSF/CHE-1834750. Use of the Advanced Photon Source, an Office of Science User Facility operated for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science by Argonne National Laboratory, was supported by the U.S. DOE under Contract DE-AC02-06CH11357. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 American Chemical Society.",
year = "2020",
month = sep,
day = "23",
doi = "10.1021/acscentsci.0c00944",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "6",
pages = "1572--1577",
journal = "ACS Central Science",
issn = "2374-7943",
publisher = "American Chemical Society",
number = "9",
}