Possible binding modes for dinitrogen activation by the FeMo-cofactor in nitrogenase

Polyhedron

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 653-661

  Zhong, Shi Jun ^a   Liu, Chun Wan ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUJIAN INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH ON THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER   (China)

Author keywords

Binding mode; Calculation; CNDO; Dinitrogen; FeMo cofactor; Protonation mechanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000879201     PISSN: 02775387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-5387(96)00306-3     Document Type: Article

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