Abstract:The factors/structural features which are responsible for the binding, activation and reduction of N 2 to NH 3 by FeMoco of nitrogenase have not been completely understood well. Several relevant model complexes by Holland et al. and Peters et al. have been synthesized, characterized and studied by theoretical calculations. For a matter of fact, those complexes are much different than real active N 2 -binding Fe-sites of FeMoco, which possesses a central C(4-) ion having an eight valence electrons as an μ 6 -br… Show more
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