Dinitrogen conversion to ammonia is of great biological and industrial relevance, but modelling this process on a molecular level is challenging. Now, a biomimetic model offers new insights into the functionalization of a nitrido ligand to form NH3 using either H2 or H+/e–.
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Walter, M.D. Ammonia formation revisited. Nat. Chem. 14, 12–13 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-021-00857-1
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