N2 activation on a molybdenum–titanium–sulfur cluster

Yasuhiro Ohki (), Keisuke Uchida, Mizuki Tada, Roger E. Cramer, Takashi Ogura and Takehiro Ohta
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Yasuhiro Ohki: Nagoya University
Keisuke Uchida: Nagoya University
Mizuki Tada: Nagoya University
Roger E. Cramer: University of Hawaii
Takashi Ogura: University of Hyogo
Takehiro Ohta: University of Hyogo

Nature Communications, 2018, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-6

Abstract: Abstract The 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.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05630-6

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