Nitric oxide (NO) has a number of important biological functions, including nerve signaling transduction, blood pressure control, and, at higher concentrations, immune defense. A number of pathogenic
Os(H)3ClL2 (L = PiPr3 or PtBu2Me) are shown to be useful “precursors” to “OsHClL2”, which react with vinyl ethers to form first an η2-olefin adduct and then isomerize to the carbenes, OsHCl[CMe(OR)]L2