The biologically relevant coordination chemistry of iron and nitric oxide: electronic structure and reactivity

N Lehnert, E Kim, HT Dong, JB Harland… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nitric oxide (NO) is an important signaling molecule that is involved in a wide range of
physiological and pathological events in biology. Metal coordination chemistry, especially …

Catalytic N2-to-NH3 (or -N2H4) Conversion by Well-Defined Molecular Coordination Complexes

MJ Chalkley, MW Drover, JC Peters - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nitrogen fixation, the six-electron/six-proton reduction of N2, to give NH3, is one of the most
challenging and important chemical transformations. Notwithstanding the barriers …

Beyond ammonia: nitrogen–element bond forming reactions with coordinated dinitrogen

S Kim, F Loose, PJ Chirik - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
The functionalization of coordinated dinitrogen to form nitrogen–element bonds en route to
nitrogen-containing molecules is a long-standing challenge in chemical synthesis. The …

Comprehensive insights into synthetic nitrogen fixation assisted by molecular catalysts under ambient or mild conditions

Y Tanabe, Y Nishibayashi - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
N2 is fixed as NH3 industrially by the Haber–Bosch process under harsh conditions,
whereas biological nitrogen fixation is achieved under ambient conditions, which has …

Dinitrogen Functionalization Affording Chromium Diazenido and Side-on η2-Hydrazido Complexes

ZB Yin, B Wu, GX Wang, J Wei, Z ** - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Isolation of key intermediate complexes in dinitrogen functionalization is crucial for
elucidating the mechanistic details and further investigation. Herein, the synthesis and …

Highly Selective Fe-Catalyzed Nitrogen Fixation to Hydrazine Enabled by Sm(II) Reagents with Tailored Redox Potential and pKa

EA Boyd, JC Peters - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023 - ACS Publications
Controlling product selectivity in multiproton, multielectron reductions of unsaturated small
molecules is of fundamental interest in catalysis. For the N2 reduction reaction (N2RR) in …

Tripodal P3XFe–N2 Complexes (X = B, Al, Ga): Effect of the Apical Atom on Bonding, Electronic Structure, and Catalytic N2-to-NH3 Conversion

J Fajardo Jr, JC Peters - Inorganic chemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
Terminal dinitrogen complexes of iron ligated by tripodal, tetradentate P3X ligands (X= B, C,
Si) have previously been shown to mediate catalytic N2-to-NH3 conversion (N2RR) with …

Mechanism of Nitrogen-Carbon Bond Formation from Iron(IV) Disilylhydrazido Intermediates during N2 Reduction

SM Bhutto, RX Hooper, BQ Mercado… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We recently reported a reaction sequence that activates C–H bonds in simple arenes as well
as the N–N triple bond in N2, delivering the aryl group to N2 to form a new N–C bond …

Light Alters the NH3 vs N2H4 Product Profile in Iron‐catalyzed Nitrogen Reduction via Dual Reactivity from an Iron Hydrazido (Fe=NNH2) Intermediate

P Garrido‐Barros, MJ Chalkley… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Whereas synthetically catalyzed nitrogen reduction (N2R) to produce ammonia is widely
studied, catalysis to instead produce hydrazine (N2H4) has received less attention despite …

Catalytic dinitrogen reduction to hydrazine and ammonia using Cr (N 2) 2 (diphosphine) 2 complexes

CH Beasley, OL Duletski, KS Stankevich… - Dalton …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The synthesis, characterization of trans-[Cr (N2) 2 (depe) 2](1) is described. 1 and trans-[Cr
(N2) 2 (dmpe) 2](2) catalyze the reduction of N2 to N2H4 and NH3 in THF using SmI2 and …