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A perchlorate-promoted electrochemically induced nitride coupling reaction

  • Pak Ho Chan
  • , Sheng Pei Chen
  • , Kin Wai Yeung
  • , Kwong Chak Cheung
  • , Shuangjin Hong
  • , Shi Gang Sun
  • , Kwok Yin Wong

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Abstract

The osmium nitride complex [OsVI(NH3)4N]3+undergoes a one-electron reduction in acetonitrile to give [OsV(N)(NH3)4]2+, which further reacts by nitride coupling to give the μ-dinitrogen osmium complex [(CH3CN)(NH3)4OsII(N2)OsII(NH3)4(CH3CN)]4+. The formation of the μ-dinitrogen osmium complex is promoted by the presence of perchlorate anion, which causes the deposition of [(CH3CN)(NH3)4OsII(N2)OsII(NH3)4(CH3CN)](ClO4)4on the electrode surface upon repetitive voltammetric scans.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1244-1248
Number of pages5
JournalElectrochemistry Communications
Volume7
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2005

Keywords

  • Electrochemically induced nitride coupling
  • Osmium nitride

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrochemistry

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