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 …

[HTML][HTML] Coordination chemistry of elemental phosphorus

L Giusti, VR Landaeta, M Vanni, JA Kelly, R Wolf… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
This review comprehensively covers the coordination chemistry of elemental phosphorus
during the years 2011–2020. The main part is dedicated to the activation of white …

Prospects and challenges for nitrogen-atom transfer catalysis

MN Cosio, DC Powers - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
Conversion of C–H bonds to C–N bonds via C–H amination promises to streamline the
synthesis of nitrogen-containing compounds. Nitrogen-group transfer (NGT) from metal …

Exceptional uranium(VI)-nitride triple bond covalency from 15N nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and quantum chemical analysis

J Du, JA Seed, VEJ Berryman, N Kaltsoyannis… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Determining the nature and extent of covalency of early actinide chemical bonding is a
fundamentally important challenge. Recently, X-ray absorption, electron paramagnetic, and …

The chemistry of univalent metal β-diketiminates

YC Tsai - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
The easily electronically and sterically tunable β-diketiminates are widely used auxiliary
ligands for the creation of a wide range of metal complexes with various oxidation states in …

Ammonia formation by metal–ligand cooperative hydrogenolysis of a nitrido ligand

B Askevold, JT Nieto, S Tussupbayev, M Diefenbach… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Bioinspired hydrogenation of N2 to ammonia at ambient conditions by stepwise nitrogen
protonation/reduction with metal complexes in solution has experienced remarkable …

A crystalline singlet phosphinonitrene: a nitrogen atom–transfer agent

F Dielmann, O Back, M Henry-Ellinger, P Jerabek… - Science, 2012 - science.org
A variety of transition metal–nitrido complexes (metallonitrenes) have been isolated and
studied in the context of modeling intermediates in biological nitrogen fixation by the …

Designing catalysts for nitrene transfer using early transition metals and redox-active ligands

AF Heyduk, RA Zarkesh, AI Nguyen - Inorganic Chemistry, 2011 - ACS Publications
In this Forum Article, we discuss the use of redox-active pincer-type ligands to enable
multielectron reactivity, specifically nitrene group transfer, at the electron-poor metals …

Catalytic nitrene transfer by a zirconium (IV) redox-active ligand complex

AI Nguyen, RA Zarkesh, DC Lacy, MK Thorson… - Chemical …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Nitrene transfer catalyzed by a d0zirconium (IV) complex with a redox-active ligand is
reported. The redox-active ligand, bis (2-isopropylamido-4-methoxyphenyl) amide ([NNNcat] …

Cyanate formation via photolytic splitting of dinitrogen

B Schluschaß, JH Borter, S Rupp, S Demeshko… - JACS Au, 2021 - ACS Publications
Light-driven N2 cleavage into molecular nitrides is an attractive strategy for synthetic
nitrogen fixation. However, suitable platforms are rare. Furthermore, the development of …