Reductive activation of N <sub>2</sub> using a calcium/potassium bimetallic system supported by an extremely bulky diamide ligand
Rahul Mondal, K. Yuvaraj, Thayalan Rajeshkumar, Laurent Maron, Cameron Jones
Abstract
Potassium reduction of a bulky diamido-calcium complex under an N 2 atmosphere afforded the first well-defined, hetero-bimetallic s-block metal complex of activated dinitrogen.
Topics & Concepts
Bimetallic stripChemistryXantheneLigand (biochemistry)PotassiumTolueneMonomerMedicinal chemistryCalciumPhotochemistryOrganic chemistryCatalysisReceptorPolymerBiochemistryCoordination Chemistry and OrganometallicsN-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic ChemistryCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysis