Ammonia Formation Catalyzed by Dinitrogen‐Bridged Dirhenium Complex Bearing PNP‐Pincer Ligands under Mild Reaction Conditions
Ammonia Formation Catalyzed by Dinitrogen‐Bridged Dirhenium Complex Bearing PNP‐Pincer Ligands under Mild Reaction Conditions
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温和反应条件下二氮桥联铼配合物 PNP-Pincer 配体催化氨生成
DOI:
10.1002/anie.202102175
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发表时间:
2021
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Yoshizawa Kazunari
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作者:
Nishibayashi Yoshiaki;Meng Fanqiang;Kuriyama Shogo;Tanaka Hiromasa;Egi Akihito;Yoshizawa Kazunari
A series of rhenium complexes bearing a pyridine‐based PNP‐type pincer ligand are synthesized from rhenium phosphine complexes as precursors. A dinitrogen‐bridged dirhenium complex bearing the PNP‐type pincer ligands catalytically converts dinitrogen into ammonia during the reaction with KC8as a reductant and [HPCy3]BArF4(Cy=cyclohexyl, ArF=3,5‐(CF3)2C6H3) as a proton source at −78 °C to afford 8.4 equiv of ammonia based on the rhenium atom of the catalyst. The rhenium‐dinitrogen complex also catalyzes silylation of dinitrogen in the reaction with KC8as a reductant and Me3SiCl as a silylating reagent under ambient reaction conditions to afford 11.7 equiv of tris(trimethylsilyl)amine based on the rhenium atom of the catalyst. These results demonstrate the first successful example of catalytic nitrogen fixation under mild reaction conditions using rhenium‐dinitrogen complexes as catalysts.