Terminal uranium(V)-nitride hydrogenations involving direct addition or Frustrated Lewis Pair mechanisms

Despite their importance as mechanistic models for Haber Bosch ammonia synthesis from N2 and H2, high oxidation state terminal metal-nitrides are notoriously unreactive towards H2. Here, the authors report hydrogenolysis of a uranium(V)-nitride, which can occur directly or by Frustrated Lewis Pair c...

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Main Authors: Lucile Chatelain, Elisa Louyriac, Iskander Douair, Erli Lu, Floriana Tuna, Ashley J. Wooles, Benedict M. Gardner, Laurent Maron, Stephen T. Liddle
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/5df857d1db1b4e86b69d7903c71b4111
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Summary:Despite their importance as mechanistic models for Haber Bosch ammonia synthesis from N2 and H2, high oxidation state terminal metal-nitrides are notoriously unreactive towards H2. Here, the authors report hydrogenolysis of a uranium(V)-nitride, which can occur directly or by Frustrated Lewis Pair chemistry with a borane ancillary.