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Catalytic Ammonia Synthesis in Homogeneous Solution—Biomimetic at Last?
Author(s) -
Broda Henning,
Tuczek Felix
Publication year - 2014
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.201308780
Subject(s) - nitrogenase , homogeneous , nitrogen fixation , molybdenum , ammonia production , ammonia , catalysis , chemistry , context (archaeology) , cofactor , nitrogen , combinatorial chemistry , enzyme , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , biology , physics , paleontology , thermodynamics
New iron dinitrogen complexes are crucial to a catalytic ammonia synthesis in homogeneous solution and establish new structural motifs related to the iron–molybdenum cofactor of the enzyme nitrogenase (see scheme; BAr F = B[3,5‐(CF 3 ) 2 C 6 H 3 ] 4 ). These findings are put into the context of 50 years of synthetic nitrogen fixation and latest developments regarding the crystal structure and the molecular mechanism of nitrogenase.