H. Nagao et al., Evidence for a new nitrosyl-to-nitro reaction and an acetamide formation in the {RuNO}(6)-type complex, cis-[Ru(NO)(CH3CN)(bpy)(2)](3+), INORG CHIM, 290(1), 1999, pp. 113-119
The reaction between cis-[Ru(NO)(CH3CN)(bpy)(2)](3+) and a free NO2- gives
an appreciable amount of the nitro species cis-[Ru(NO2)(CH3CN)(bpy)(2)](+).
Although definitive evidence for the mechanistic illustration of the nitro
syl-to-nitro conversion is still unavailable, an oxide abstraction from NO2
- to the nitrosyl ligand appears to be the key reaction. In addition, cis-[
Ru(NO)(CH3C(O)NH)(bpy)(2)](2+) having an acetamide ligand is formed during
the reaction. The structure of the complex, used as a starting material of
the present reaction, was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction me
thods; for cis-[Ru(NO)(CH3CN)(bpy)(2)](ClO4)(3). CH3CN: FW = 823.91, monocl
inic, P2(1)/n, a = 12.471(3), b = 15.041(7), c = 17.598(4) Angstrom, beta =
94.65(2)degrees, V = 3289(1) Angstrom(3), Z = 4, R = 0.081, R-w = 0.050. (
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