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NO-disproportionation, promoted by Pd-cluster: formation and X-ray structure of
Tatiana A Stromnova1, Oleg N Shishilov, Andrei V Churakov
1N.S. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Science, Leninsky pr., 31, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation. strom@igic.ras.ru
Abstract:
Interaction of Pd-clusters [Pd(CO)(OCOR)](n) with NO was investigated, these Pd-clusters were found to promote the NO disproportionation into N(2) and NO(2)(-) in mild conditions; an eight-nuclear palladium cluster Pd(8)(micro-CO)(4)(micro-OOCCMe(3))(8)(micro-NO(2))(4) with a new type of structure and an uncommon set of ligands was characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis.
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