Zirconium with dinitrogen bridges

Bis(cyclopentadienyl)zirconium(III) complexes alkynyl-bridged complexes, 4, 749 dinitrogen complexes, 4, 747 electrochemical reduction, 4, 745 phosphido-bridged complexes, 4, 750 Bis(cyclopentadienyl)zirconium(IV) complexes electrochemical reduction, 4, 745 with M-C r/)-bonds, 4, 895 with M-C r/i2-bonds, 4, 887 with M-C r/i3-bonds, 4, 884 with M-H bonds, 4, 878 with M-N bonds, 4, 910 with M-0 bonds, 4, 917 with M-P bonds, 4, 927 with M-S bonds, 4, 930 with M-Si bonds, 4, 925 non-functionalized metallocene halides, 4, 870 ring-functionalized metallocene halides, 4, 874 Bis(cyclopentadienyl)zirconium(III) halides, in organic synthesis, 4, 754... 

Complex 3 was a real surprise. It contained a side-on bound dinitrogen fragment bridging the two zirconium centres with a N-N bond distance of 1.548(7) A, the longest N-N bond distance in a dinitrogen complex. When we... 

Quite recently, Fryzuk and co-workers observed the N-H bond formation when a dinuclear zirconium complex with a side-on bridging dinitrogen ligand was treated with molecular dihydrogen. However, no ammonia was formed (a) M. D. Fryzuk, J. B. Love, S. J. Rettig, V. G. Young, Science 275 (1997) 1445. (b) H. Basch, D. G. Musaev, K. Morokuma, M. D. Fryzuk, J. B. Love, W. W. Seidel, A. Albinati, T. F. Koetzle, W. T. Klooster, S. A. Mason, J. Eckert, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 121 (1999) 523. 

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