Reductive cleavage of the N-N bond: Synthesis of imidoiron(III) cubanes [6]

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 46, 1999, Pages 10838-10839

  Verma, Atul K ^a   Lee, Sonny C ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUBANE DERIVATIVE; IRON; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; SULFUR;

CHEMICAL REACTION; ENZYME MECHANISM; LETTER; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNTHESIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0033601066     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9919783     Document Type: Letter

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