The reduction of dinitrogen to ammonia by nitrogenase reflects a complex choreography
involving two component proteins, MgATP and reductant. At center stage of this process …

The field of bioinorganic chemistry is at a propitious stage of development. Ever more
complex metallobiomolecules are isolated and purified, physical methodologies and …

Reduced nitrogen is an essential component of nucleic acids and proteins, and thus, all
organisms require this nutrient for growth. Unfortunately, even though elemental dinitrogen …

Dinitrogen (N2) was reduced to ammonia at room temperature and 1 atmosphere with
molybdenum catalysts that contain tetradentate [HIPTN3N] 3–triamidoamine ligands {such …

Metalloenzymes effect a variety of important chemical transformations, often involving small
molecule substrates or products such as molecular oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and water …

This Account explores the catalytic reduction of dinitrogen by molybdenum complexes that
contain the [HIPTN3N] 3-ligand ([HIPTN3N] 3-=[(HIPTNCH2CH2) 3N] 3-, where HIPT= 3, 5 …

The synthesis and characterization of the complexes Mo [N (R) Ar] 3 (R= C (CD3) 2CH3, Ar=
3, 5-C6H3Me2),(μ-N2){Mo [N (R) Ar] 3} 2,(μ-15N2){Mo [N (R) Ar] 3} 2, NMo [N (R) Ar] 3 …

Metalloenzymes catalyze many difficult and critical reactions in biological systems. 1 The
ability of these biological catalysts to perform these reactions under mild conditions with …

Supramolecular chemistry involves the study and synthesis of very large molecules which
are used in complex chemical reactions, and have great potential in areas such as …

The nitrogenase enzyme catalyzes the reductive breakage of the very strong triple bond of
N2 to generate NH3 in a process known as biological nitrogen fixation. Biological nitrogen …