Facile conversion of ammonia to a nitride in a rhenium system that cleaves dinitrogen
Gannon P. Connor, Daniel Delony, Jeremy E. Weber, Brandon Q. Mercado, Julia B. Curley, Sven Schneider, James M. Mayer, Patrick L. Holland
Abstract
Rhenium–PNP complexes split N 2 to nitrides, but the nitrides do not give ammonia. Here, the thermodynamics of the hypothetical N–H bond forming steps are evaluated through the reverse reaction, showing that the first H addition is the bottleneck.
Topics & Concepts
RheniumAmmoniaNitrideChemistryMaterials scienceInorganic chemistryNanotechnologyOrganic chemistryLayer (electronics)Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen ReductionHydrogen Storage and MaterialsChemical Reactions and Isotopes