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Formation of ammonia from an iron nitrido complex
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Formation of ammonia from an iron nitrido complex

Jeremiah J Scepaniak, Jessica A Young, Ranko P Bontchev and Jeremy M Smith
Angewandte Chemie (International ed.), v 48(17), pp 3158-3160
01 Jan 2009
PMID: 19322861

Abstract

Ammonia - chemical synthesis Cyclic N-Oxides - chemistry Ferric Compounds - chemistry Hydroxylamine - chemistry
Radical ideas: Reaction of the iron(IV) nitrido complex [PhB(MesIm)(3)Fe[triple chemical bond]N] (see picture, Mes=2,4,6-Me(3)C(6)H(2)) with TEMPO-H (1-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine) results in high yields of ammonia and quantitative formation of [PhB(MesIm)(3)Fe(tempo)]. The mechanism likely involves hydrogen-atom transfer from TEMPO-H to the nitrido complex. Similar reaction with the triphenylmethyl radical yields [PhB(MesIm)(3)Fe[triple chemical bond]N--CPh(3)].

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