Nature reduces dinitrogen under mild conditions using nitrogenases, the most active of which contains molybdenum and iron. The only abiological dinitrogen reduction catalyst that avoids the harsh conditions of the Haber–Bosch process contains just molybdenum.
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Schrock, R. Molybdenum does it again. Nature Chem 3, 95–96 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.977
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