UV-VIS irradiation of an acetonitrile solution of [OsVI(NH3)4N](CF3SO3)3 and organic donors under degassed conditions gave [Os2(NH3)8(MeCN)2(N2)]5+; the X-ray crystal structure of the µ-dinitrogen complex has been determined and the Os–N(N2) distances found to be 1.873(9) and 1.893(9)Å.
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Che et al. (1989) studied this question.