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Reactivity of Dinitrogen Bound to Mid‐ and Late‐Transition‐Metal Centers
Author(s) -
Khoenkhoen Nitesh,
de Bruin Bas,
Reek Joost N. H.,
Dzik Wojciech I.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
european journal of inorganic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1099-0682
pISSN - 1434-1948
DOI - 10.1002/ejic.201500038
Subject(s) - chemistry , reactivity (psychology) , nitrogen fixation , nitrogen , transition metal , hydrogen , ammonia , cover (algebra) , liquid ammonia , metal , inorganic chemistry , catalysis , organic chemistry , medicine , mechanical engineering , alternative medicine , pathology , engineering
Invited for the cover of this issue is Wojciech Dzik from the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The cover image shows the reaction of dinitrogen with hydrogen atoms to form ammonia. The fact that dinitrogen can be activated under mild ambient conditions when it is coordinated to metals is emphasized by the liquid nitrogen in the background, which represents the very mild “cool” conditions under which the systems described in this Microreview operate, in contrast to the harsh conditions that are used in industrial processes for nitrogen fixation.