Terminal iron nitrides (Fe≡N) have been proposed as intermediates of (bio)catalytic nitrogen fixation, yet experimental evidence to support this hypothesis has been lacking. In particular, no prior synthetic examples of terminal Fe≡N species have been derived from N. Here we show that a nitrogen-fixing Fe-N catalyst can be protonated to form a neutral Fe(NNH) hydrazido(2-) intermediate, which, upon further protonation, heterolytically cleaves the N-N bond to release [Fe≡N] and NH. These observations provide direct evidence for the viability of a Chatt-type (distal) mechanism for Fe-mediated N-to-NH conversion. The physical oxidation state range of the Fe complexes in this transformation is buffered by covalency with the ligand, a feature of possible relevance to catalyst design in synthetic and natural systems that facilitate multiproton/multielectron redox processes.
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