Ammonia formation by a thiolate-bridged diiron amide complex as a nitrogenase mimic

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 320-326

  Li, Yang ^a   Li, Ying ^a   Wang, Baomin ^a   Luo, Yi ^a   Yang, Dawei ^a   Tong, Peng ^a   Zhao, Jinfeng ^a   Luo, Lun ^a   Zhou, Yuhan ^a   Chen, Si ^a   Cheng, Fang ^a   Qu, Jingping ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; AMMONIA; BRIDGED COMPOUND; IRON DERIVATIVE; NITROGENASE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS;

AMIDES; AMMONIA; BRIDGED COMPOUNDS; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875424128     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1594     Document Type: Article

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