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SUBMITTER: Sadique AR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2548314 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sadique Azwana R AR Gregory Elizabeth A EA Brennessel William W WW Holland Patrick L PL
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20070612 26
The reaction pathways of high-spin iron hydride complexes are relevant to the mechanism of N2 reduction by nitrogenase, which has been postulated to involve paramagnetic iron-hydride species. However, almost all known iron hydrides are low-spin, diamagnetic Fe(II) compounds. We have demonstrated that the first high-spin iron hydride complex, LtBuFeH (LtBu = bulky beta-diketiminate), reacts with PhN=NPh to completely cleave the N-N double bond, giving LtBuFeNHPh. Here, we disclose a series of exp ...[more]