Nitrogen hydrides oxidation

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Table III also shows the values of the equilibrium constants, KVAp for the conversion of iron nitrosyl complexes into the corresponding nitro derivatives. Keq decreases downwards, meaning that the conversions are obtained at a lower pH for the complexes at the top of the table. Thus, NP can be fully converted into the nitro complex only at pHs greater than 10. The NO+ N02 conversion, together with the release of N02 from the coordination sphere, are key features in some enzymatic reactions leading to oxidation of nitrogen hydrides to nitrite (14). The above conversion and release must occur under physiological conditions with the hydroxylaminoreductase enzyme (HAO), in which the substrate is seemingly oxidized through two electron paths involving HNO and NO+ as intermediates. Evidently, the mechanistic requirements are closely related to the structure of the heme sites in HAO (69). No direct evidence of bound nitrite intermediates has been reported, however, and this was also the case for the reductive nitrosylation processes associated with ferri-heme chemistry (Fig. 4) (25).

The surface hydrides, surface oxides, and other surface compounds, mentioned above, need not be formed by the action of free atoms with free valencies on metal surfaces, but, just as in normal chemical reactions, these compounds may result from the reaction of the metal surfaces with molecules. The chemisorption of an H2 molecule on a metal surface may lead to the chemisorption of two separate hydrogen atoms and so may the action of an 02 molecule on a metal surface lead to the chemisorption of two oxygen atoms, the action of an N2 molecule to the chemisorption of two nitrogen atoms, etc. Surface hydrides, oxides, and nitrides are, then, the result of normal chemical reactions of these gases with the surfaces of the metals. 

Unlike the hydrides and halides of nitrogen, the oxides are planar. Nitrogen displays all its positive oxidation states in these compounds, and in N2O and N2O3, the two N atoms have different states. Of special interest are NO and NO2. 

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The chemistry of phosphorus and the heavier congeners is dominated by element to element (E-E) single bonds and, particularly in the case of phosphorus, the availability of l>d orbitals to form dir—pir double bonds with a variety of other atoms such as oxygen, nitrogen, and even sulfur. Orbital participation results in expanded octets as found in compounds such as PF5, SbCl5, X3P=0 (where X=F, Cl, Br, I), the phosphorus oxoadds and oxoanions, and a class of compounds called the phosphazenes. We will take up many of these cases as we encounter them in the appropriate sections under our usual survey of the hydrides, oxides and oxoacids, and halides. For now, however, let s take a quick look at the phosphazenes, formerly called the phosphonitriles, that contain both N and P atoms in the same molecule. 

The nitrides and ammonia (including the ammonium salts) are the two major types of compounds in which nitrogen has a —3 oxidation state. The nitrides can be divided into ionic, covalent, and interstitial types in the same way as we saw earlier for the hydrides, oxides, and carbides. There are only a few ionic nitrides, the most important being those of lithium, the alkaline-earth metals, and zinc. These are prepared by direct reaction of the elements and readily hydrolyze to ammonia. 

A survey of the hydrides, oxides, hydroxides, and halides highlights the network components. The hydrides of nitrogen and phosphorus emphasize the uniqueness of the lightest element. Unlike the polar ammonia, the nonpolar phosphine is a poor base and not capable of forming hydrogen bonds. Arsine is less stable than phosphine, and its decomposition is the basis of the criminological Marsh test for the presence of arsenic. 

Nitrogen Hydrides The most common nitrogen hydride is ammonia (NH3), the strongsmelling compound in which nitrogen displays its lowest oxidation state (—3). Ammonia is important to humans because it reacts with sulfuric acid (or phosphoric acid) to produce ammonium salts for fertilizers. 

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