Volume 128, Issue 46 pp. 14562-14566
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The Binary Group 4 Azides [PPh4]2[Zr(N3)6] and [PPh4]2[Hf(N3)6]

Piyush Deokar

Piyush Deokar

Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089 USA

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Dr. Monica Vasiliu

Dr. Monica Vasiliu

Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35487 USA

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Prof. Dr. David A. Dixon

Prof. Dr. David A. Dixon

Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35487 USA

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Prof. Dr. Karl O. Christe

Prof. Dr. Karl O. Christe

Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089 USA

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Prof. Dr. Ralf Haiges

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Ralf Haiges

Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089 USA

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First published: 13 October 2016
Citations: 4

Abstract

The binary zirconium and hafnium polyazides [PPh4]2[M(N3)6] (M=Zr, Hf) were obtained in near quantitative yields from the corresponding metal fluorides MF4 by fluoride–azide exchange reactions with Me3SiN3 in the presence of two equivalents of [PPh4][N3]. The novel polyazido compounds were characterized by their vibrational spectra and their X-ray crystal structures. Both anion structures provide experimental evidence for near-linear M-N-N coordination of metal azides. The species [M(N3)4], [M(N3)5] and [M(N3)6]2− (M=Ti, Zr, Hf) were studied by quantum chemical calculations at the electronic structure density functional theory and MP2 levels.

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