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Frontispiece: Enhanced Activation of Coordinated Dinitrogen with p‐Block Lewis Acids
Author(s) -
Simonneau Antoine,
Etienne Michel
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201884862
Subject(s) - lewis acids and bases , frustrated lewis pair , reactivity (psychology) , chemistry , homogeneous , electron pair , pairing , ligand (biochemistry) , metal , stereochemistry , crystallography , catalysis , electron , organic chemistry , physics , medicine , biochemistry , alternative medicine , superconductivity , receptor , pathology , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics
Like the man heaving a rope on the background of this frontispiece, a Lewis acid can pull electron density from a metal into its dinitrogen ligand to which it pairs thanks to a Lewis acid–base interaction. In their Concept article on page 12458 ff., A. Simonneau and M. Etienne highlight the implication of such pairing in terms of bonding and reactivity with examples taken from the recent literature. The relevance of such complexes to the nitrogenases, homogeneous N 2 reduction as well as the chemistry of frustrated Lewis Pairs is also emphasized.