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Smith JM, Lachicotte RJ, Holland PL: N=N bond cleavage by a low-coordinate ironII hydride complex. . J Am Chem Soc. 2003 Dec 24;125(51):15752-3.
Reaction of the three-coordinate complex LFeCl (L = bulky beta-diketiminate) with KBEt3H gives a dark red iron (II) hydride complex. The complex is a dimer in the solid state, but spectroscopy and kinetics suggest that an orange three-coordinate monomer is in equilibrium with the dimer in solution. The double bond of azobenzene is completely cleaved by heating with the hydride complex, and a hydrazido intermediate can be isolated. |
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