Catalytic Reduction of N2 to Borylamine at a Molybdenum Complex.
Soukaina BennaamaneMaria F EspadaAndrea MulasThéo PersoneniNathalie Saffon-MerceronMarie Fustier-BoutignonChristophe BucherNicolas MézaillesPublished in: Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) (2021)
Catalytic formation of borylamines from atmospheric N2 is achieved for the first time using a series of homogenous (triphosphine)Mo complexes. Stepwise functionalization of the (triphosphine)Mo-nitrido complex with chloroborane led to the synthesis of the imido complex. Electrochemical characterization of the (PPP)Mo-nitrido and (PPP)Mo-borylimido complexes showed that the latter is much more easily reduced.