Group 10 and 11 Transition Metal–Dinitrogen Complexes

Synthesis and reactivity of a μ-1,2-dinitrogen dinickel(ii) complex with a C–H activated silaamidinate pincer ligand

“…Dinitrogen complexes have attracted a great deal attention for a long time because of their diverse bonding modes and potential applications for the synthesis of nitrogen compounds. 1 Despite a great number of transition metal dinitrogen complexes having been reported, nickel dinitrogen complexes remained underdeveloped because of its poor backbonding capacity to N 2 resulting from the large electronegativity of the nickel atom ( χ = 1.90). To strengthen the backbonding of the nickel atom, strong electron-donating ligands are required.…”