Issue 2, 2021

Boron: the first p-block element to fix inert N2 all the way to NH3

Abstract

Boron, the fifth lightest element, in its sub-valent state in the form of borylene is able to activate inert dinitrogen all the way to the ammonium ion. The entire conversion has been established through a successive reduction-cum-protonation sequence, through the isolation of all intermediate species involving addition of two electrons and two protons. The activation of dinitrogen by the ambiphilic borylene is a parallel tactic to that of the well-known Haber–Bosch process. This chemistry can be potentially extrapolated to the activation of similar small molecules by low valent compounds of boron and other p-block elements.

Graphical abstract: Boron: the first p-block element to fix inert N2 all the way to NH3

Article information

Article type
Frontier
Submitted
16 Nhl 2020
Accepted
19 Huk 2020
First published
19 Huk 2020

Dalton Trans., 2021,50, 460-465

Boron: the first p-block element to fix inert N2 all the way to NH3

M. G. Walawalkar, Dalton Trans., 2021, 50, 460 DOI: 10.1039/D0DT03599H

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