Anderson, John S. and Rittle, Jonathan and Peters, Jonas C. (2014) Catalytic conversion of nitrogen to ammonia by a single-site Fe model complex. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 248 . 91-INOR. ISSN 0065-7727. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150323-140621724
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Abstract
Nitrogen redn. to ammonia is one of the most fascinating chem. transformations mediated in biol. While it is widely appreciated that the iron- rich cofactors of nitrogenase enzymes facilitate this transformation, how they do so remains a mystery. Inorg. model complexes afford one approach to consider and test the viability of mechanistic proposals. Herein we describe a well- defined tris- phosphine borane iron catalyst that is able to catalyze the redn. of N to NH by the addn. of protons and electrons at - 78 °C. A key design element of the featured catalyst is a hemi- labile ligand that may functionally model the interstitial light C- atom of the nitrogenase cofactor. The results described suggest that a single- iron- sitehypothesis for biol. nitrogenfixation warrants further consideration.
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