En route to dinitroacetylene: nitro (trimethylsilyl) acetylene and nitroacetylene harnessed by dicobalt hexacarbonyl

…, R Zitterbart, PF Pagoria, KPC Vollhardt

Index: Windler, G. Kenneth; Zhang, Mao-Xi; Zitterbart, Robert; Pagoria, Philip F.; Vollhardt, K. Peter C. Chemistry - A European Journal, 2012 , vol. 18, # 21 p. 6588 - 6603

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Abstract

Abstract Dinitroacetylene and other nitroacetylenes are attractive stoichiometric precursors to high energy-density materials, but suffer from high reactivity and thermal instability. Herein, we report that nitroacetylenes can be dramatically stabilized in the form of their dicobalt hexacarbonyl complexes. In particular, we describe the syntheses and characterization of the first two transition-metal complexes of nitroalkynes,[μ-1-nitro-2-( ...