Main description:

This volume presents a review of recent developments in nitrogen fixation using transition metal-dinitrogen complexes in the last decade. The authors are international experts in the corresponding field and each chapter discusses their latest achievements in the preparation of various transition metal-dinitrogen complexes and their reactivity. This volume will be helpful to researchers, teachers, and students who are interested in innovative and sustainable chemistry.

Contents:

Determining and Understanding N-H Bond Strengths in Synthetic Nitrogen Fixation Cycles.- Dinitrogen Fixation by Transition Metal Hydride Complexes.- Reactivity of Group 5 Element Dinitrogen Complexes and N2-Derived Nitrides.- Functionalization of N2 by Mid to Late Transition Metals via N-N Bond Cleavage.- Synthetic Nitrogen Fixation with Mononuclear Molybdenum(0) Phosphine Complexes: Occupying the trans-Position of Coordinated N2.- Catalytic Nitrogen Fixation Using Molybdenum-Dinitrogen Complexes as Catalysts.- Computational Approach to Nitrogen Fixation on Molybdenum-Dinitrogen Complexes.- Sulfur-Supported Iron Complexes for Understanding N2 Reduction.- Catalytic Transformations of Molecular Dinitrogen by Iron and Cobalt-Dinitrogen Complexes as Catalysts.