Catalytic dinitrogen reduction to hydrazine and ammonia using Cr(N2)2(diphosphine)2 complexes

Charles H Beasley; Olivia L Duletski; Ksenia S Stankevich; Navamoney Arulsamy; Michael T Mock

doi:10.1039/d4dt00702f

Catalytic dinitrogen reduction to hydrazine and ammonia using Cr(N₂)₂(diphosphine)₂ complexes

Dalton Trans. 2024 Apr 16;53(15):6496-6500. doi: 10.1039/d4dt00702f.

Authors

Charles H Beasley¹, Olivia L Duletski¹, Ksenia S Stankevich¹, Navamoney Arulsamy², Michael T Mock¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA. michael.mock@montana.edu.
² Department of Chemistry, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA.

PMID: 38563332
DOI: 10.1039/d4dt00702f

Abstract

The synthesis, characterization of trans-[Cr(N₂)₂(depe)₂] (1) is described. 1 and trans-[Cr(N₂)₂(dmpe)₂] (2) catalyze the reduction of N₂ to N₂H₄ and NH₃ in THF using SmI₂ and H₂O or ethylene glycol as proton sources. 2 produces the highest total fixed N for a molecular Cr catalyst to date.