Catalytic N2-to-NH3 (or -N2H4) Conversion by Well-Defined Molecular Coordination Complexes

MJ Chalkley, MW Drover, JC Peters - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nitrogen fixation, the six-electron/six-proton reduction of N2, to give NH3, is one of the most
challenging and important chemical transformations. Notwithstanding the barriers …

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 …

Catalytic Reduction of N2 to NH3 by an Fe–N2 Complex Featuring a C-Atom Anchor

SE Creutz, JC Peters - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014 - ACS Publications
While recent spectroscopic studies have established the presence of an interstitial carbon
atom at the center of the iron–molybdenum cofactor (FeMoco) of MoFe-nitrogenase, its role …

Binding of dinitrogen to an iron–sulfur–carbon site

I Čorić, BQ Mercado, E Bill, DJ Vinyard, PL Holland - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Nitrogenases are the enzymes by which certain microorganisms convert atmospheric
dinitrogen (N2) to ammonia, thereby providing essential nitrogen atoms for higher …

[HTML][HTML] Terminal Iron–Dinitrogen and Iron–Imide Complexes Supported by a Tris (phosphino) borane Ligand

ME Moret, JC Peters - Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Our currently limited understanding of the mechanism of biological dinitrogen fixation [1]–ie
the reduction of N2 to two equivalents of ammonia by addition of protons and electrons …

Triggering N2 uptake via redox-induced expulsion of coordinated NH3 and N2 silylation at trigonal bipyramidal iron

Y Lee, NP Mankad, JC Peters - Nature chemistry, 2010 - nature.com
The biological reduction of N2 to give NH3 may occur by one of two predominant pathways
in which nitrogenous N x H y intermediates, including hydrazine (N2H4), diazene (N2H2) …

Insight into the iron–molybdenum cofactor of nitrogenase from synthetic iron complexes with sulfur, carbon, and hydride ligands

I Čorić, PL Holland - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2016 - ACS Publications
Nitrogenase enzymes are used by microorganisms for converting atmospheric N2 to
ammonia, which provides an essential source of N atoms for higher organisms. The active …

Characterization of an FeN–NH2 Intermediate Relevant to Catalytic N2 Reduction to NH3

JS Anderson, GE Cutsail III, J Rittle… - Journal of the …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The ability of certain transition metals to mediate the reduction of N2 to NH3 has attracted
broad interest in the biological and inorganic chemistry communities. Early transition metals …

Homogeneous iron complexes for the conversion of dinitrogen into ammonia and hydrazine

N Hazari - Chemical Society Reviews, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
One of the most challenging problems in small molecule activation is the development of a
homogeneous catalyst for converting dinitrogen into ammonia at ambient temperatures and …

Iron–dinitrogen coordination chemistry: dinitrogen activation and reactivity

JL Crossland, DR Tyler - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
Understanding the coordination of dinitrogen to iron is important for understanding
biological nitrogen fixation as well as for designing synthetic systems that are capable of …