Electrochemical reduction of a bridging imide: Generation of ammonia at a dimolybdenum tris(μ-thiolate) site

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 3033-3042

  Cabon, Jean Yves ^a   Le Roy, Christine ^a   Muir, Kenneth W ^b   Pétillon, François Y ^a   Quentel, François ^a   Schollhammer, Philippe ^a   Talarmin, Jean ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammine complexes; Bridging ligands; Cyclic voltammetry; Molybdenum; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogen ligands

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; ACID; AMINE; AMMONIA; CHLORIDE; ELECTROLYTE; IMIDE; MOLYBDENUM COMPLEX; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; COULOMETRY; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; ISOMERISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION;

EID: 0034683090     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3765(20000818)6:16<3033::AID-CHEM3033>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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