Metal nitrosyl complex

Not to be confused with Nitro compound.
Sodium nitroprusside, a medicinally significant metal nitrosyl-pentacyanoferrate (Fe-III) compound, used to treat hypertension.[1]

Metal nitrosyl complexes are complexes that contain nitric oxide, NO, bonded to a transition metal.[2] Many kinds of nitrosyl complexes are known, which vary both in structure and coligand.

  1. ^ "Sodium Nitroprusside". www.drugs.com. The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  2. ^ Hayton, T. W.; Legzdins, P.; Sharp, W. B. (2002). "Coordination and Organometallic Chemistry of Metal-NO Complexes". Chem. Rev. 102 (1): 935–991. doi:10.1021/cr000074t. PMID 11942784.