Small molecule activation by sila/germa boryne species.

The inability of p-block elements to participate in π-backbonding restricts them from activating small molecules like CO, H , and so forth. However, the development of the main group metallomimetics became a new pathway, where the main-group elements like boron can bind and activate small molecules like CO and H . The concept of the frustrated Lewis pair, Boron-Boron multiple bonds, and borylene are previously illustrated.

Stability and bonding of carbon(0)-iron-N complexes relevant to nitrogenase co-factor: EDA-NOCV analyses.

The factors/structural features which are responsible for the binding, activation and reduction of N to NH by FeMoco of nitrogenase have not been completely understood well. Several relevant model complexes by Holland et al. and Peters et al.

Dinitrogen Binding and Activation: Bonding Analyses of Stable V(III/I)-N-V(III/I) Complexes by the EDA-NOCV Method from the Perspective of Vanadium Nitrogenase.

The FeVco cofactor of nitrogenase (VFeS(CO)C) is an alternative in the molybdenum (Mo)-deficient free soil living azotobacter vinelandii. The rate of N reduction to NH by FeVco is a few times higher than that by FeMoco (MoFeSC) at low temperature. It provides a N source in the form of ammonium ions to the soil.

Bonding and stability of dinitrogen-bonded donor base-stabilized Si(0)/Ge(0) species [(cAAC-Si/Ge)(N)]: EDA-NOCV analysis.

Recently, dinitrogen (N) binding and its activation have been achieved by non-metal compounds like intermediate cAAC-borylene as (cAAC)(B-Dur)(N) [cAAC = cyclic alkyl(amino) carbene; Dur = aryl group, 2,3,5,6-tetramethylphenyl; B-Dur = borylene]. It has attracted a lot of scientific attention from different research areas because of its future prospects as a potent species towards the metal free reduction of N into ammonia (NH) under mild conditions. Two (cAAC)(B-Dur) units, each of which possesses six valence electrons around the B-centre, are shown to accept σ-donations from the N ligand (B ← N).