Catalytic Hydrogenation of a Manganese(V) Nitride to Ammonia
Sangmin Kim, Hongyu Zhong, Yoonsu Park, Florian Loose, Paul J. Chirik
Abstract
transfer. The phenylpyridine analogue proved inactive for ammonia synthesis under identical conditions owing to competing deleterious hydride transfer chemistry. Subsequent studies showed that the use of a non-polar solvent such as benzene suppressed formation of the cationic rhodium product resulting from the hydride transfer and enabled catalytic ammonia synthesis by proton-coupled electron transfer.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryRhodiumCatalysisHydrideAmmoniaInorganic chemistryDissociation (chemistry)NitrideImineManganeseMedicinal chemistryPhotochemistryTransfer hydrogenationHydrogenOrganic chemistryRutheniumLayer (electronics)Asymmetric Hydrogenation and CatalysisAmmonia Synthesis and Nitrogen ReductionCatalytic C–H Functionalization Methods