Nitrogen fixation via splitting into nitrido complexes

SJK Forrest, B Schluschaß, EY Yuzik-Klimova… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The large carbon footprint of the Haber–Bosch process, which provides ammonia for
fertilizers but also the feedstock for all nitrogenous commercial products, has fueled the …

Iron catalysis in organic synthesis: a critical assessment of what it takes to make this base metal a multitasking champion

A Fürstner - ACS Central Science, 2016 - ACS Publications
The current status of homogeneous iron catalysis in organic chemistry is contemplated, as
are the reasons why this particular research area only recently starts challenging the …

High-Oxidation-State 3d Metal (Ti–Cu) Complexes with N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligation

J Cheng, L Wang, P Wang, L Deng - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
High-oxidation-state 3d metal species have found a wide range of applications in modern
synthetic chemistry and materials science. They are also implicated as key reactive species …

β‐Diketiminate‐stabilized magnesium (I) dimers and magnesium (II) hydride complexes: synthesis, characterization, adduct formation, and reactivity studies

SJ Bonyhady, C Jones, S Nembenna… - … A European Journal, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The preparation and characterization of a series of magnesium (II) iodide complexes
incorporating β‐diketiminate ligands of varying steric bulk and denticity, namely,[(ArNCMe) …

Coupling dinitrogen and hydrocarbons through aryl migration

SF McWilliams, DLJ Broere, CJV Halliday, SM Bhutto… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The activation of abundant molecules such as hydrocarbons and atmospheric nitrogen (N2)
remains a challenge because these molecules are often inert. The formation of carbon …

Complexes with nitrogen‐centered radical ligands: classification, spectroscopic features, reactivity, and catalytic applications

AIO Suarez, V Lyaskovskyy, JNH Reek… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The electronic structure, spectroscopic features, and (catalytic) reactivity of complexes with
nitrogen‐centered radical ligands are described. Complexes with aminyl ([M (. NR2)]) …

Slow magnetic relaxation in a family of trigonal pyramidal iron (II) pyrrolide complexes

WH Harman, TD Harris, DE Freedman… - Journal of the …, 2010 - ACS Publications
We present a family of trigonal pyramidal iron (II) complexes supported by tris (pyrrolyl-α-
methyl) amine ligands of the general formula [M (solv) n][(tpaR) Fe](M= Na, R= tert-butyl (1) …

Climbing nitrogenase: toward a mechanism of enzymatic nitrogen fixation

BM Hoffman, DR Dean, LC Seefeldt - Accounts of chemical …, 2009 - ACS Publications
“Nitrogen fixation”, the reduction of dinitrogen (N2) to two ammonia (NH3) molecules, by the
Mo-dependent nitrogenase is essential for all life. Despite four decades of research, a …

Dichotomous hydrogen atom transfer vs proton-coupled electron transfer during activation of X–H bonds (X= C, N, O) by nonheme iron–oxo complexes of variable …

D Usharani, DC Lacy, AS Borovik… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - ACS Publications
We describe herein the hydrogen-atom transfer (HAT)/proton-coupled electron-transfer
(PCET) reactivity for FeIV–oxo and FeIII–oxo complexes (1–4) that activate C–H, N–H, and O …

Iron-catalysed ring-opening metathesis polymerization of olefins and mechanistic studies

S Takebayashi, MA Iron, M Feller… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The olefin metathesis reaction is among the most widely applicable catalytic reactions for
carbon–carbon double bond formation. Currently, Mo–and Ru–carbene catalysts are the …