When boron butts in: Bridging N–N ligand borylation in group 4 metallocene complexes
Friday, April 5, 2013 - 08:30
in Physics & Chemistry
For nature and chemists alike, making atmospheric nitrogen available for the formation of more complex nitrogen compounds is both essential and difficult. In the European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, Paul Chirik and Scott Semproni at Princeton University, USA, report the first examples of the use of group 4 metallocene complexes for boron–nitrogen bond formation from elemental N2.