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Cover Feature: (Electro‐)chemical Splitting of Dinitrogen with a Rhenium Pincer Complex (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 15‐16/2020)
Author(s) -
Alten Richt S.,
Wätjen Florian,
Demeshko Serhiy,
Miller Alexander J. M.,
Würtele Christian,
Siewert Inke,
Schneider Sven
Publication year - 2020
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.202000342
Subject(s) - rhenium , chemistry , pincer movement , electrochemistry , cover (algebra) , chloride , decomposition , photochemistry , cleavage (geology) , inorganic chemistry , catalysis , electrode , organic chemistry , mechanical engineering , engineering , geotechnical engineering , fracture (geology)
The Cover Feature shows the mechanistic challenges and pitfalls for electrochemically driven splitting of dinitrogen by rhenium pincer complexes. Electrochemical and chemical analysis of [ReCl 2 ( L 2)] { L 2 = N(CHCHP t Bu 2 ) 2 – } revealed three pathways for unproductive decay, i.e., electrochemical 2‐electron overreduction prior to N 2 activation, chloride induced decomposition, and bimolecular decay, which lead to reduced yields in N 2 cleavage. More information can be found in the Full Paper by I. Siewert, S. Schneider et al.