Revelations in dinitrogen activation and functionalization by metal complexes.

Journal article

A monumental achievement for coordination chemistry that also re-addresses the role of molybdenum in the nitrogenase FeMo cofactor is the discovery of the catalytic reduction of dinitrogen at a well-defined molybdenum complex by protons and electrons (see picture).

Authors: Kozak, C; Mountford, P

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
• Volume: 43
• Issue: 10
• Pages: 1186-1189
• Publication date: 2004-02-01
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.200301712
• EISSN: 1521-3773
• ISSN: 1433-7851
• Language: English
• Keywords: Ammonia; Tantalum; Nitrogen; Ligands; Nitrogenase; Nitrogen Fixation; Molybdoferredoxin; Iron; Oxidation-Reduction; Molybdenum