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Catalytic dinitrogen silylation by tris(pyrazolyl)borate-supported titanium complexes

Chenrui Liu,†a   Ling-Ya Peng,†b   Yumeng Chen,†a   Jingyi An,a   Zhaoxin Li,a   Wenshuang Huang,a   Ganglong Cui ORCID logo *ac  and  Shaowei Hu ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, No. 19, Xin-wai street, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
E-mail: shu@bnu.edu.cn

b School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China

c Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Photochemistry, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, P. R. China
E-mail: ganglong.cui@bnu.edu.cn

Abstract

Titanium dinitrogen complexes supported by tris(pyrazolyl)borate and alkoxide/aryloxide ligands catalyse N2 silylation. Titanium silylimide and disilylamide model complexes represent the first well-defined group IV imide/amide catalysts for N2 reduction. Silylamine release and regeneration of the dinitrogen complex highlight the potential of early transition metals for N2 catalysis.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC04879F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 Aug 2025
Accepted
27 Nov 2025
First published
02 Dec 2025

Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article

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Catalytic dinitrogen silylation by tris(pyrazolyl)borate-supported titanium complexes

C. Liu, L. Peng, Y. Chen, J. An, Z. Li, W. Huang, G. Cui and S. Hu, Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D5CC04879F

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