Organometallic photochemistry in supercritical fluids: Reactions of cyclopentadienyl carbonyl and phosphine carbonyl complexes of manganese with dinitrogen

James A. Banister, Michael W. George, Stefanie Grubert, Steven M. Howdle, Margaret Jobling, Frank P.A. Johnson, Sara L. Morrison, Martyn Poliakoff, Ulrich Schubert, Jeremy R. Westwell

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Abstract

UV photolysis has been used to generate dinitrogen compounds by substitution of CO groups by N2 in supercritical fluid solvents (scXe, scCO2 and scC2H6) containing high pressures of N2. Compounds include Cp'Mn(CO)2L (Cp′ C5H4Me; L PMe3-xPhx, x = 0 to 3). A semi-quantitative comparison of the photolysis of Cp{black star}Mn(CO)3 (Cp{black star} C5Me5) and N2 in ScXe and scCO2 indicates that there is little difference between the effectiveness of the photolysis in these two supercritical solvents. The Timney Ligand Effect approach is used to rationalise the fact that some of the ν(CO) and ν(NN) bands of Cp{black star}Mn(CO)2(N2) and Cp{black star}Mn(CO)(N2)2 are nearly coincident.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)129-135
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Organometallic Chemistry
Volume484
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 Dec 1994
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Carbonyl
  • Dinitrogen
  • Manganese
  • Phosphine
  • Photochemistry
  • Supercritical fluids

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

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