Zhou Mingfei, Tsumori Nobuko, Xu Qiang, Kushto Gary P, Andrews Lester
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysts and Innovative Materials, Department of Chemistry & Laser Chemistry Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China.
J Am Chem Soc. 2003 Sep 17;125(37):11371-8. doi: 10.1021/ja0367187.
Reactions of boron atoms and clusters with NO molecules in solid argon have been studied using matrix isolation infrared absorption spectroscopy. The reaction products were identified by isotopic substitution ((10)B, (11)B, (15)N(16)O, (14)N(18)O, and mixtures) and comparison with density functional calculations of isotopic frequencies. In solid argon, boron atoms spontaneously reacted with NO to form the insertion molecule NBO. The BNBO and OBNNO molecules were formed by the B and NO addition reactions to NBO. The linear BBNO and BBBNO nitrosyls also were formed spontaneously on annealing. These molecules photochemically rearranged to the more stable BNBO and BNBBO isomers, which have linear polyyne-like structures. The photosensitive OBNNO molecule decomposed to form the NNBO(2) van der Waals complex. In addition, the novel OBON diradical was also formed on photolysis in high-concentration NO experiments.
