Nitrous oxide activation by picoline-derived Ni-CNP hydrides.
José BermejoIsabel Ortega-LepeLaura L SantosNuria RendónJoaquín López-SerranoEleuterio ÁlvarezAndrés SuárezPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2024)
Oxygen atom transfer (OAT) from N 2 O to the Ni-H bond of proton-responsive picoline-derived CNP nickel complexes has been investigated both experimentally and theoretically. These Ni-CNP complexes efficiently catalyse the reduction of N 2 O with pinacolborane (HBpin) under mild conditions.