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. 2016 Jul 4;55(28):7892-6.
doi: 10.1002/anie.201603142. Epub 2016 Jun 1.

Expanding Boundaries: N2 Cleavage and Functionalization beyond Early Transition Metals

Máté J Bezdek  1 , Paul J Chirik  2
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Expanding Boundaries: N2 Cleavage and Functionalization beyond Early Transition Metals

Máté J Bezdek et al. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. .

Abstract

Early transition metals are well known to catalyze the cleavage and functionalization of N2 . In this Highlight, recent work showing that a rhenium catalyst is also capable of carrying out this difficult task is summarized, and a synthetic cycle for the stoichiometric incorporation of atmospheric N2 into acetonitrile is presented.

Keywords: nitrile synthesis; nitrogen fixation; pincer ligands; rhenium; small-molecule activation.

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