Dinitrogen activation at chromium by photochemically induced CrII–C bond homolysis†
Olivia L.
Duletski, 
a
Duncan
Platz,
a
Charlie J.
Pollock,
a
Martín A.
Mosquera,
a
Navamoney
Arulsamy
b
and
Michael T.
Mock
*a
a
Duncan
Platz,
a
Charlie J.
Pollock,
a
Martín A.
Mosquera,
a
Navamoney
Arulsamy
b
and
Michael T.
Mock
*a
Abstract
The synthesis of the organochromium(II) complexes [POCOPtBu]Cr(R) (R = p-Tol, Bn) is reported. Exposure of [POCOPtBu]Cr(Bn) to visible light promoted homolytic Cr–CBn bond cleavage and formed {[POCOPtBu]Cr}2(η1:η1μ-N2) via a putative [POCOPtBu]Cr(I) species.
- This article is part of the themed collection: Small Molecule Transformations of Energy Relevance
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