The Chemistry of Nitrogen Fixation and

The chemistry of nitrogen fixation and models of the reactions of nitrogenase. R. A. Henderson,... 

The Chemistry of Nitrogen Fixation and Models for the Reactions of Nitrogenase Richard A. Henderson, G. Jeffery Leigh, and Christopher J. Pickett... 

In addition to the classical Haber process, recent efforts have been directed to finding an alternative economic process for fixing N2 to meet-increasing demands for nitrogeneous fertilizers and others industrial requirements. Thus, numerous results of the recent advances in the Chemistry of Nitrogen Fixation via transition metal complexes have reported (Chatt et al. 1978 A treatise on dinitrogen fixation , Hardy ed. 1979 New trends in the chemistry of nitrogen fixation , Chatt ed.1980). 

The reviews in this section provide a succinct summary of the Unifs dinitrogen chemistry, of some of the dinitrogen chemistry that sprang from it, and of the developments it helped to set in train. It represents a commendable legacy of the Unit of Nitrogen Fixation. The biological work of the Unit of Nitrogen Fixation and some of its influences are described in Section F. 

In limiting this chapter to metal-phosphine complexes, many significant compounds and nitrogen-fixing systems will not be discussed. However, interested readers are referred to a number of relatively recent reviews of the chemistry of nitrogen fixation. " Similarly, adequate descriptions of the bonding and physical properties of the metal dinitrogen complexes have appeared elsewhere and will only be mentioned in this chapter where relevant. 

J. Chatt, L. M. da Camara Pina, and R. L. Richards, eds.. New Trends in the Chemistry of Nitrogen Fixation (Academic Press, London, 1980). 

Recently, the ammonia synthesis was called as the setting sun industry and someone also lamented the foreground obscuration of the chemistry of nitrogen fixation, in particular, in the research area of organometallic biochemical nitrogen fixation. However, ammonia is a fundamental building block for modern society and is essential for ammonia synthesis industry which drives the innovation and development of ammonia synthesis catalyst forward. 

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