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Nitrogen fixation

Nitrido complexes step up

The discoveries of ruthenium– and iron–nitrido complexes that can be transformed to release ammonia could be important steps towards realizing the catalytic reduction of nitrogen under mild reaction conditions.

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Figure 1: Unique reactivity of ruthenium- and iron-nitrido complexes.

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Nishibayashi, Y. Nitrido complexes step up. Nature Chem 3, 502–504 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1077

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