N2 activation on a molybdenum–titanium–sulfur cluster
10.1038/s41467-018-05630-6
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Abstract

AbstractThe FeMo-cofactor of nitrogenase, a metal–sulfur cluster that contains eight transition metals, promotes the conversion of dinitrogen into ammonia when stored in the protein. Although various metal–sulfur clusters have been synthesized over the past decades, their use in the activation of N2 has remained challenging, and even the FeMo-cofactor extracted from nitrogenase is not able to reduce N2. Herein, we report the activation of N2 by a metal–sulfur cluster that contains molybdenum and titanium. An N2 moiety bridging two [Mo3S4Ti] cubes is converted into NH3 and N2H4 upon treatment with Brønsted acids in the presence of a reducing agent.

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Ohki, Y., Uchida, K., Tada, M., Cramer, R. E., Ogura, T., & Ohta, T. (2018). N2 activation on a molybdenum–titanium–sulfur cluster. Nature Communications, 9(1).

Authors 6
  1. Yasuhiro Ohki (first)
  2. Keisuke Uchida (additional)
  3. Mizuki Tada (additional)
  4. Roger E. Cramer (additional)
  5. Takashi Ogura (additional)
  6. Takehiro Ohta (additional)
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@article{Ohki_2018, title={N2 activation on a molybdenum–titanium–sulfur cluster}, volume={9}, ISSN={2041-1723}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05630-6}, DOI={10.1038/s41467-018-05630-6}, number={1}, journal={Nature Communications}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Ohki, Yasuhiro and Uchida, Keisuke and Tada, Mizuki and Cramer, Roger E. and Ogura, Takashi and Ohta, Takehiro}, year={2018}, month=aug }