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Multisulfur Metal Sites in Enzymes, Complexes, Clusters, and Solids: Possible Relevance for Nitrogenase

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This volume deals with biological nitrogen fixation and chemical systems which may offer analogy with or insight into the biological process. This chapter deals with certain biochemical and chemical systems which have not been studied specifically in the context of the nitrogen fixation problem. Rather, recent results in the areas non-nitrogenase Mo enzymes and the coordination and solid state chemistry of molybdenum are discussed. This chemistry reveals some of the structural, spectroscopic and mechanistic possibilities which present themselves when multisulfur metal sites are present.

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Stiefel, E.I., Chianelli, R.R. (1983). Multisulfur Metal Sites in Enzymes, Complexes, Clusters, and Solids: Possible Relevance for Nitrogenase. In: Müller, A., Newton, W.E. (eds) Nitrogen Fixation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8523-3_14

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