Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.52, No.20, 11688-11690, 2013
Insertion of Zerovalent Nickel into the N-N Bond of N-Heterocyclic-Carbene-Activated N2O
Metal-mediated cleavage of the N-N bond is a rarely observed phenomenon in the chemistry of nitrous oxide (N2O). We demonstrate that, upon activation of N2O with N-heterocyclic carbenes, zerovalent nickel is able to insert into the N-N bond to give nitrosyl complexes.