Christopher C. Cummins Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
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Christopher C. Cummins investigated cleavage of the strong nitrogen triple bond with a molybdenum complex. In work reported in 1995, two three-coordinate molybdenum complexes reacted with molecular nitrogen to give two molybdenum–nitrogen units. The result provided a molecular example of nitrogen-bond cleavage under mild conditions.[ref]
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Synthesis and characterization of the trimetaphosphate molybdenum tricarbonyl anion [(P3O9)Mo(CO)3]3- as its tris(bis(triphenylphosphine)iminium) salt by Christopher R. Clough and others 2026-10-20
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Christopher R. Clough, Jared S. Silvia, Peter Müller and Christopher C. Cummins, Inorganica Chimica Acta 382 (2012), 195–198. Reports crystallographic characterization of the facial O-bound tricarbonyl anion. The isolated counterion in that work is PPN, so its yield and solubility should not be transferred to a sodium-salt preparation.
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