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 …

Beyond ammonia: nitrogen–element bond forming reactions with coordinated dinitrogen

S Kim, F Loose, PJ Chirik - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
The functionalization of coordinated dinitrogen to form nitrogen–element bonds en route to
nitrogen-containing molecules is a long-standing challenge in chemical synthesis. The …

Activation of dinitrogen by polynuclear metal complexes

D Singh, WR Buratto, JF Torres, LJ Murray - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Activation of dinitrogen plays an important role in daily anthropogenic life, and the processes
by which this fixation occurs have been a longstanding and significant research focus within …

Examining the relationship between coordination mode and reactivity of dinitrogen

RJ Burford, MD Fryzuk - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2017 - nature.com
Molecular nitrogen (N2) is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere, but its low reactivity
has hampered its use as a precursor to higher value nitrogen-containing compounds …

Developing more sustainable processes for ammonia synthesis

Y Tanabe, Y Nishibayashi - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper describes a recent advance on the conversion of molecular dinitrogen into
ammonia or ammonia equivalent, silylamine, by using transition metal–dinitrogen …

Reactions of hydrosilanes with transition metal complexes and characterization of the products

JY Corey - Chemical Reviews, 2011 - ACS Publications
Hydrosilanes are used as versatile coreactants in the generation of silyl-metal complexes.
Since organohydrosilanes may contain one, two, or three SiH bonds as tertiary, secondary …

Dinitrogen fixation: rationalizing strategies utilizing molecular complexes

F Masero, MA Perrin, S Dey… - Chemistry–A European …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Dinitrogen (N2) is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere, but its inertness hinders its
use as a nitrogen source in the biosphere and in industry. Efficient catalysts are hence …

Metal–dioxygen and metal–dinitrogen complexes: where are the electrons?

PL Holland - Dalton transactions, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Transition-metal complexes of O2 and N2 play an important role in the environment,
chemical industry, and metalloenzymes. This Perspective compares and contrasts the …

Dinitrogen splitting and functionalization in the coordination sphere of rhenium

I Klopsch, M Finger, C Würtele, B Milde… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
[ReCl3 (PPh3) 2 (NCMe)] reacts with pincer ligand HN (CH2CH2P t Bu2) 2 (H PNP) to five
coordinate rhenium (III) complex [ReCl2 (PNP)]. This compound cleaves N2 upon reduction …

1, 4-Bis (trimethylsilyl)-1, 4-diaza-2, 5-cyclohexadienes as strong salt-free reductants for generating low-valent early transition metals with electron-donating ligands

T Saito, H Nishiyama, H Tanahashi… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Electron-rich organosilicon compounds, such as 1, 4-bis (trimethylsilyl)-1, 4-diaza-2, 5-
cyclohexadiene (2a), 2, 5-dimethyl-1, 4-bis (trimethylsilyl)-1, 4-diaza-2, 5-cyclohexadiene …