nitrene precursors via N-X photoactivation. In analogy to oxyanion photochemistry pictured in Figure , both N-X homolysis and heterolysis mechanisms are potentially available to haloamide complexes (Figure ). In 2018, we demonstrated that photolysis of a Rh2 complex with an Nchloroamide ligand afforded the corresponding Rh2 nitrenoid via N-Cl homolysis. Exploration of the generality of N-X photocleavage and the photoactivation modes available to a more diverse set of transition metal complexes is critical to generalizing N-haloamide photochemistry as an approach to catalytically relevant metal nitrenoids. At present, the synthetic chemistry of transition metal haloamide complexes is extremely limited, with only three structures reported, and while significant work has been carried out on the photolysis of organic N-haloamines, the corresponding photochemistry of inorganic N-haloamides is almost completely unknown.