A personal account of some dinitrogen and organometallic chemistry research at the University of Sussex

Journal of Organometallic Chemistry

Volumn 689, Issue 24 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 3999-4005

  Leigh, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkylation; Dinitrogen; Nitrogenase models; Protonation; Reaction mechanisms

Indexed keywords

IRON; NITROGEN; REACTION KINETICS;

IRON CHEMISTRY; ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY;

ORGANOMETALLICS;

ACETYLENE DERIVATIVE; HALIDE; MOLYBDENUM COMPLEX; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; NITROGENASE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; OSMIUM DERIVATIVE; PROPYLENE; RHENIUM COMPLEX; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE;

ALKYLATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIENCE; ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

EID: 9944252288     PISSN: 0022328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2004.07.011     Document Type: Review

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