Iron-dinitrogen complexes bearing methyl- and phenyl-substituted pyrrole-based anionic PNP-type pincer ligands are prepared and characterized by X-ray analysis. The former complex is found to work as a more effective catalyst than that bearing a non-substituted PNP-type pincer ligand toward the transformation of nitrogen gas into ammonia and hydrazine under mild reaction conditions.
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