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Revelations in Dinitrogen Activation and Functionalization by Metal Complexes
Author(s) -
Kozak Christopher M.,
Mountford Philip
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200301712
Subject(s) - molybdenum , nitrogenase , catalysis , chemistry , surface modification , metal , electron , photochemistry , combinatorial chemistry , inorganic chemistry , nitrogen fixation , organic chemistry , nitrogen , physics , quantum mechanics
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).