Energetics and mechanism of a room-temperature catalytic process for ammonia synthesis (schrock cycle): Comparison with biological nitrogen fixation

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 44, Issue 35, 2005, Pages 5639-5642

  Studt, Felix ^a   Tuczek, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Density functional calculations; Molybdenum; N ligands; Nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

AMINES; CATALYSIS; COMPLEXATION; MOLYBDENUM; NITROGEN FIXATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMAL EFFECTS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; N LIGANDS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TRIAMIDOAMINES;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; MOLYBDENUM; NITROGEN; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMMONIA; CATALYSIS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLYBDENUM; NITROGEN; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 24944561154     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200501485     Document Type: Article

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