Issue 7, 2010

The hydride route to the preparation of dinitrogen complexes

Abstract

That the inert dinitrogen molecule can act as a ligand to a transition metal complex is one of the key discoveries in inorganic chemistry of the past century. This feature article summarises a body of work up to 2010 that describes a particularly attractive route to dinitrogen complexes that involves the direct reaction of N2 with metal hydride derivatives. This process is shown to be general across the transition series and, depending on the metal, different levels of activation of the coordinated dinitrogen unit are observed.

Graphical abstract: The hydride route to the preparation of dinitrogen complexes

Article information

Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
02 Nov 2009
Accepted
15 Dec 2009
First published
11 Jan 2010

Chem. Commun., 2010,46, 1013-1025

The hydride route to the preparation of dinitrogen complexes

J. Ballmann, R. F. Munhá and M. D. Fryzuk, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1013 DOI: 10.1039/B922853E

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