Photo release of nitrous oxide from the hyponitrite ion studied by infrared spectroscopy. Evidence for the generation of a cobalt-N2O complex. Experimental and DFT calculations

Infrared spectra of [(NH3)5CoN(O)NOCo(NH3)5]Br4 and Na2N2O2 before and after irradiation with light of 253.7 nm. The arrows up (↑) shows the disappearance of the compound and the arrows down (↓) the formation of a new one.215