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Lewis Acid Assisted Stabilization of Side‐On Bonded N 2 in [Ru(NCN)]‐Pincer Complexes—Computational Catalyst Design Directed at NH 3 Synthesis from N 2 and H 2
Author(s) -
Hölscher Markus,
Leitner Walter
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201002010
Subject(s) - pincer movement , ruthenium , catalysis , lewis acids and bases , frustrated lewis pair , boron , chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , computer science , medicinal chemistry , organic chemistry
With a little help of my boron : Ruthenium pincer complexes with Lewis acidic side arms help to stabilize side‐on coordinated N 2 , which is necessary for catalytic reduction to NH 3 with H 2 .