Dinitrogen cleavage by a dinuclear uranium(<scp>iii</scp>) complex
Nadir Jori, Megan Keener, Thayalan Rajeshkumar, Rosario Scopelliti, Laurent Maron, Marinella Mazzanti
Abstract
Two dinuclear uranium complexes cooperatively cleave dinitrogen to nitrides in the absence of additional reducing agents probably through a tetranuclear U 4 (N 2 ) 4− intermediate demonstrating the possibility of three-electron transfer from U( iii ) to N 2 .
Topics & Concepts
Cleavage (geology)UraniumChemistryCombinatorial chemistryStereochemistryMaterials scienceMetallurgyFracture (geology)Composite materialRadioactive element chemistry and processingLanthanide and Transition Metal ComplexesRadiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications