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A Dinuclear Nickel(I) Dinitrogen Complex and its Reduction in Single‐Electron Steps
Author(s) -
Pfirrmann Stefan,
Limberg Christian,
Herwig Christian,
Stößer Reinhard,
Ziemer Burkhard
Publication year - 2009
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.200805862
Subject(s) - nickel , reduction (mathematics) , electron , chemistry , one electron reduction , combinatorial chemistry , materials science , computational chemistry , physics , electrochemistry , organic chemistry , mathematics , nuclear physics , geometry , electrode
Electron by electron : β‐Diketiminato nickel(I) complex fragments are capable of activating N 2 through coordination. The resulting complex can be reduced in two single‐electron steps, which further activates the NN bond. The picture shows the structure of the singly reduced complex with μ‐η 1 :η 1 ‐bound N 2 .