Figure 3. Access to rhodium-acylnitrenoid intermediate via X-ray photocrystallographic analysis (IMAGE)

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Figure 3. Access to rhodium-acylnitrenoid intermediate via X-ray photocrystallographic analysis

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By using the single crystal of the rhodium-bound dioxazolone coordination complex, the researchers observed the sought-after rhodium-acylnitrenoid species via photocrystallographic analysis. When dioxazolone reacts with transition metal catalysts to form metal-acylnitrenoids, a CO2 molecule is extruded. Here, in the observed crystal structure, the CO2 molecule is nicely residing in between the generated Rh-nitrenoid and the counter anion.

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