Matrix Isolation Infrared Spectroscopic and Density Functional Theory Studies on the Reactions of Yttrium and Lanthanum Hydrides with Dinitrogen

Laser-ablated yttrium and lanthanum hydrides have been codeposited at 4 K with dinitrogen in excess argon. Products, HY(N2), HYNN, H2YNN, HLaNN, and H2LaNN, ...