Nature Communications (Jul 2016)

Catalytic transformation of dinitrogen into ammonia and hydrazine by iron-dinitrogen complexes bearing pincer ligand

  • Shogo Kuriyama,
  • Kazuya Arashiba,
  • Kazunari Nakajima,
  • Yuki Matsuo,
  • Hiromasa Tanaka,
  • Kazuyuki Ishii,
  • Kazunari Yoshizawa,
  • Yoshiaki Nishibayashi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12181
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Converting dinitrogen into other nitrogen compounds such as ammonia is a difficult task, especially under mild conditions. Here, the authors report a molecular iron complex capable of reducing dinitrogen to both ammonia and hydrazine in a catalytic process.