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Dinitrogen Complexes and Their Reactions

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Nitrogen Fixation

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Dinitrogen complexes have been investigated, since their initial discovery some 15 years ago,1 in order to gain information on the way in which dinitrogen might bind to and be reduced at a metal site, such as is generally accepted to occur in nitrogenase.

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Richards, R.L. (1983). Dinitrogen Complexes and Their Reactions. In: Müller, A., Newton, W.E. (eds) Nitrogen Fixation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8523-3_11

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