Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics, Volume. 33, Issue 5, 507(2020)
Activation of Dinitrogen by Gas-Phase Species†
Reactions of gas-phase species with small molecules are being actively studied to understand the elementary steps and mechanistic details of related condensed-phase processes. Activation of the very inert N$\equiv$N triple bond of dinitrogen molecule by isolated gas-phase species has attracted considerable interest in the past few decades. Apart from molecular adsorption and dissociative adsorption, interesting processes such as C-N coupling and degenerate ligand exchange were discovered. The present review focuses on the recent progress on adsorption, activation, and functionalization of N2 by gas-phase species (particularly metal cluster ions) using mass spectrometry, infrared photo-dissociation spectroscopy, anion photoelectron spectroscopy, and quantum chemical calculations including density functional theory and high-level ab initio calculations. Recent advances including characterization of adsorption products, dependence of clusters' reactivity on their sizes and structures, and mechanisms of N$\equiv$N weakening and splitting have been emphasized and prospects have been discussed.
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Li-hui Mou, Gui-duo Jiang, Zi-yu Li, Sheng-gui He. Activation of Dinitrogen by Gas-Phase Species†[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics, 2020, 33(5): 507
Received: Aug. 12, 2020
Accepted: Sep. 8, 2020
Published Online: Apr. 21, 2021
The Author Email: Li Zi-yu (shengguihe@iccas.ac.cn), He Sheng-gui (shengguihe@iccas.ac.cn)