Issue 18, 2016

Teaching old compounds new tricks: efficient N2 fixation by simple Fe(N2)(diphosphine)2 complexes

Abstract

The Fe(0) species Fe(N2)(dmpe)2 exists in equilibrium with the previously unreported dimer, [Fe(dmpe2)2(μ-N2)]. For the first time these complexes, alongside Fe(N2)(depe)2, are shown unambiguously to produce N2H4 and/or NH3 upon addition of triflic acid; for Fe(N2)(depe)2 this represents one of the highest electron conversion efficiencies for Fe complexes to date.

Graphical abstract: Teaching old compounds new tricks: efficient N2 fixation by simple Fe(N2)(diphosphine)2 complexes

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Mar 2016
Accepted
05 Apr 2016
First published
05 Apr 2016
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Dalton Trans., 2016,45, 7550-7554

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Teaching old compounds new tricks: efficient N2 fixation by simple Fe(N2)(diphosphine)2 complexes

L. R. Doyle, P. J. Hill, G. G. Wildgoose and A. E. Ashley, Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 7550 DOI: 10.1039/C6DT00884D

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