Abstract
Hundreds of dinitrogen complexes of transition metals have been successfully synthesized since the first one was prepared (Allen and Senoff 1965). The electronic structures of dinitrogen complexes have been studied using various quantum-chemical methods, for example, semiexperienced (EHMO, CNDO, and INDO etc.), Xα, and ab initio (Chatt et al. 1978; Pelican and Boca 1984). In order to investigate the change tendency for stability and charge density on the nitrogen atoms of dinitrogen complexes with a number of d electron, using HMO and graphical methods (Tang and Kiang 1976, 1977), we have carried out molecular orbital calculation of mono-, bi-, and trinuclear dinitrogen complexes with a variety of reasonable coordination structures (Nitrogen Fixation Research Group 1974; Hsu CC 1980; Xu JQ et al. 1979, 1980a, 1980b, 1981).
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Abbreviations
- But :
-
tert-Butyl (C4H9)
- bz:
-
Benzyl (C7H7)
- dmpe:
-
Ethylene bisdimethyl phosphine (Me2PCH2CH2PMe2)
- dppe:
-
Ethylene bisdiphenyl phosphine (Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2)
- en:
-
Ethylene diamine (C2H8N2)
- Et:
-
Ethyl (C2H5)
- Me:
-
Methyl (CH3)
- Me8[16]aneS4 :
-
3,3,7,7,11,11,15,15-Octamethyl-1,5,9,13-Tetrathiacyclohexadecane
- Ph:
-
Phenyl (C6H5)
- Pri :
-
Isopropyl (C3H7)
- Prn :
-
n-Propyl (C3H7)
- Py:
-
Pyridine (C5H5N)
- THE:
-
Tetrahydrofuran (C4H8O)
- TMP:
-
5,10,15,20-Tetramesitylporphyrine
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Tang, AQ., Xu, JQ. (1992). A Chemical Bond Theory of Transition-Metal-Dinitrogen Complexes. In: Hong, GF. (eds) The Nitrogen Fixation and its Research in China. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10385-2_2
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