A molybdenum complex bearing PNP-type pincer ligands leads to the catalytic reduction of dinitrogen into ammonia

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 120-125

  Arashiba, Kazuya ^a   Miyake, Yoshihiro ^a   Nishibayashi, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; HYDRAZINE; HYDRAZINE DERIVATIVE; LIGAND; MOLYBDENUM; NITROGEN; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

AMMONIA; CATALYSIS; HYDRAZINES; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLYBDENUM; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PYRIDINES;

EID: 79251613415     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.906     Document Type: Article

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