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Steric and Acidity Control in Hydrogen Bonding and Proton Transfer to trans-W(N2)2(dppe)2.

Nikolay V KireevOleg A FilippovAlexander A PavlovLina M EpsteinVictor D MakhaevVictor P DyadchenkoElena S ShubinaNatalia V Belkova
Published in: Inorganic chemistry (2018)
The interaction of trans-W(N2)2(dppe)2 (1; dppe = 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane) with relatively weak acids (p-nitrophenol, fluorinated alcohols, CF3COOH) was studied by means of variable temperature IR and NMR spectroscopy and complemented by DFT/B3PW91-D3 calculations. The results show, for the first time, the formation of a hydrogen bond to the coordinated dinitrogen, W-N≡N···H-O, that is preferred over H-bonding to the metal atom, W···H-O, despite the higher proton affinity of the latter. Protonation of the core metal-the undesirable side step in the conversion of N2 to NH3-can be avoided by using weaker and, more importantly, bulkier acids.
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