Remarkable dinitrogen activation and cleavage by the Gd dimer: From dinitrogen complexes to ring and cage nitrides

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 2911-2914

  Zhou, Mingfei ^a   Jin, Xi ^a   Gong, Yu ^a   Li, Jun ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

Dinitrogen activation; Lanthanides; Matrix isolation; Nitrides; Reaction mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ARGON; COMPLEXATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NITROGEN; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; REACTION KINETICS;

BUILDING BLOCK; DINITROGEN ACTIVATION; MATRIX ISOLATION; N-N BOND;

GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34250861229     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200605218     Document Type: Article

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