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Comment
. 2018 Feb 23;359(6378):871.
doi: 10.1126/science.aar7395.

Boron compounds tackle dinitrogen

Daniël L J Broere  1 , Patrick L Holland  2
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Boron compounds tackle dinitrogen

Daniël L J Broere et al. Science. .
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Binding N2 at boron.
(A) Transition metals bind N2 by accepting and donating electron density with d orbitals. (B) Borylenes have now been shown to have the right electronic structure to do the same with p orbitals. (C) Binding of N2 is followed by protonation to form a diborahydrazine with new N-H bonds.
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  • Nitrogen fixation and reduction at boron.
    Légaré MA, Bélanger-Chabot G, Dewhurst RD, Welz E, Krummenacher I, Engels B, Braunschweig H. Légaré MA, et al. Science. 2018 Feb 23;359(6378):896-900. doi: 10.1126/science.aaq1684. Science. 2018. PMID: 29472479

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