“…Chemical reduction of the imido complexes afforded dicopper iminyl products as determined by EPR, Cu/N XAS, crystallography, and computations. The iminyl ligand is distinct from previously reported subvalent nitrogen motifs which arise from radical delocalization following nitride, 69,70 imide, 31,44,45,71 or amide [72][73][74][75] oxidation. 72,76 The iminyl complexes reported herein show modest disruption of the aryl units, arising from population of the NAr lowest-lying π* orbital.…”