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ATP‐Independent Formation of Hydrocarbons Catalyzed by Isolated Nitrogenase Cofactors
Author(s) -
Lee Chi Chung,
Hu Yilin,
Ribbe Markus W.
Publication year - 2012
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.201108916
Subject(s) - nitrogenase , cofactor , vanadium , molybdenum , carbon monoxide , chemistry , cyanide , europium , catalysis , hydrogen cyanide , inorganic chemistry , carbon fibers , carbon monoxide dehydrogenase , ion , photochemistry , organic chemistry , enzyme , materials science , nitrogen fixation , nitrogen , composite number , composite material
Reduce to produce : Molybdenum‐ and vanadium‐nitrogenase cofactors have been isolated and shown to reduce carbon monoxide and cyanide ions to a mixture of alkanes and alkenes in the presence of a strong reductant, europium(II) diethylenetriaminepentaacetate (see scheme). Various hydrocarbons of up to seven carbon atoms in length are detected as products in these ATP‐free reactions.