Nitrogen Adsorption and Hydrogenation on a MoFe6S9 Complex

Thomas Holm Rod; Bjørk Hammer; Jens Kehlet Nørskov

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.4054

Nitrogen Adsorption and Hydrogenation on a MoFe6S9 Complex

Thomas Holm Rod, Bjørk Hammer, Jens Kehlet Nørskov

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The enzyme nitrogenase catalyzes the biological nitrogen fixation where N-2 is reduced to NH3. Density functional calculations are presented of the bonding and hydrogenation of N-2 on a MoFe6S9 complex constructed to model aspects of the active site of nitrogenase. N-2 is found to bind end on to one of the Fe atoms. A complete energy diagram for the addition of hydrogen to the MoFe6S9 complex with and without N-2 is given, and a mechanism for ammonia synthesis is proposed on this basis.

Original language	English
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	82
Issue number	20
Pages (from-to)	4054-4057
ISSN	0031-9007
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.4054
Publication status	Published - 1999

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SURFACE
P-CLUSTER
FEMO-COFACTOR
CATALYSIS
PROTEIN
PASTEURIANUM
AZOTOBACTER-VINELANDII
DINITROGEN
AMMONIA-SYNTHESIS
PSEUDOPOTENTIALS

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