Unit of Nitrogen Fixation

School of Chemistry, Physics and Environmental Science, University of Sussex, Brighton, Sussex BNl 9QJ, UK 

1 Introduction The Early Years and the Search for Dinitrogen Complexes 

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AFRC Unit of Nitrogen Fixation, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RQ, UK Professor C. A. McAuliffe... 

In order to provide a basis for the discussion, we shall use Scheme 1. This is based upon the chemistry of dinitrogen complexes as developed in the Unit of Nitrogen Fixation, but it is not intended to exclude consideration of schemes originating elsewhere. Indeed we hope to evaluate all the schemes in the literature. Our basic assumptions are... 

A. J. Edwards (83), Department of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, England Richard A. Henderson (197), A.R.C. Unit of Nitrogen Fixation, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RQ, England John H. Holloway (157), Department of Chemistry, The University, Leicester LEI 7RH, England... 

Unit of Nitrogen Fixation and the University of Sussex are to be found elsewhere in this book. 

One day at the end of June, 1970,1 knocked at the door of Professor Joe Chatt s office at the Unit of Nitrogen Fixation in the University of Sussex and met him for the first time. This was the very day I started research on the transition metal hydride complexes. I cannot forget that Professor Chatt was so kind that he drove me in his own car to find accommodation for my family, my wife and two little daughters. 

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. 

The Biological Work of the ARC Unit of Nitrogen Fixation at the University of Sussex, and Later Developments... 

The Unit of Nitrogen Fixation at the University of Sussex became the foremost laboratory in the world for the study of many aspects of the biological nitrogen fixation problem. Perhaps the areas most successfully exploited were the chemical see Section E) and the genetic. However, the biological work was considerably broader than the genetical, and it says much for both Chatt and for his Deputy Director and later Director of the Unit) that such a diverse research programme could be successfully carried out with such success. 

Houndean Lodge, 1 Houndean Rise, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 lEG, UK Former Director, ARC Unit of Nitrogen Fixation... 

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