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Metal‐Free Nitrogen Fixation at Boron
Author(s) -
HeringJunghans Christian
Publication year - 2018
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.201802675
Subject(s) - boron , inert , nitrogen , reactivity (psychology) , transition metal , metal , nitrogen fixation , chemistry , inorganic chemistry , materials science , metallurgy , catalysis , organic chemistry , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
No metal needed: Boron does the job ! The activation of the inert dinitrogen molecule has fascinated chemists for ages. In a ground‐breaking study Braunschweig and co‐workers have now demonstrated that N 2 activation can be achieved with the aid of the p‐block element boron—a reactivity previously restricted to transition metals.