Oxygen-atom transfer from nitrous oxide (N=N=O) to nickel alkyls. Syntheses and reactions of nickel(II) alkoxides

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0277-5387(94)00330-H

The dialkyl nickel complexes (bipy)Ni(R)2 (1, R=Et; 2, R=iso-Bu; bipy .ident. 2,2'-bipyridine) react with nitrous oxide (1 atm) to generate nickel(II) alkoxy alkyl complexes (bipy)Ni(OR)(R) (3, R=Et; 4, R=iso-Bu), which in turn undergo CO-insertion follow