The even more mysterious N≡N triple bond in a nitric oxide dimer.
Year: 2025
Type: other
Abstract: Previously, I pondered about the strange N=N double bond in nitrosobenzene dimer[1] as a follow up to commenting on the curly arrow mechanism of the dimerisation.[2] By the same curly arrow method, one can produce the below, showing how the simpler nitric oxide radical could potentially dimerise to a species with a N≡N triple bond! † This involves a total of six electrons entering the N-N region, and hence raises the question of
DOI: 10.59350/87v0p-wnv12
Author: Henry Rzepa
Institution: Imperial College London
Language: English
Subfield: Inorganic Chemistry
Field: Chemistry
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4414836441