Electrochemical cleavage of N=N bonds at a Mo2(μ-SMe)3 site relevant to the biological reduction of dinitrogen at a bimetallic sulfur centre

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 3115-3127

  Le Grand, Nathalie ^a,b   Muir, Kenneth W ^c   Pétillon, François Y ^a   Pickett, Christopher J ^b   Schollhammer, Philippe ^a   Talarmin, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dinuclear complexes; Electrochemistry; Molybdenum; N ligands; N=N bond cleavage; Nitrogen fixation; S ligands

Indexed keywords

AMINES; BIMETALS; CHEMICAL BONDS; COULOMETERS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DERIVATIVES; ELECTROLYSIS; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN; REDUCTION; SULFUR;

ELECTRONIC CONTROL;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY;

ANILINE DERIVATIVE; IRON; METHYLAMINE; MOLYBDENUM; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; AMMONIA; DIAZENE; IMIDE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; LIGAND; METALLOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; COULOMETRY; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROLYSIS; REDUCTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; HYDROGENATION; NITROGEN FIXATION;

AMMONIA; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGENATION; IMIDES; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; LIGANDS; METALLOPROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLYBDENUM; NITROGEN FIXATION;

EID: 2242420011     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3765(20020715)8:14<3115::AID-CHEM3115>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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