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≡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≡N weakening and splitting have been emphasized and prospects have been discussed.
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October 2020
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October 01 2020
Activation of dinitrogen by gas-phase species†
Li-hui Mou;
Li-hui Mou
a
State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
, Beijing 100190, China
b
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
, Beijing 100049, China
c
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences
, Beijing 100190, China
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Gui-duo Jiang;
Gui-duo Jiang
a
State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
, Beijing 100190, China
b
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
, Beijing 100049, China
c
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences
, Beijing 100190, China
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Zi-yu Li;
Zi-yu Li
*
a
State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
, Beijing 100190, China
c
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences
, Beijing 100190, China
*Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: liziyu2010@iccas.ac.cn, shengguihe@iccas.ac.cn
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Sheng-gui He
Sheng-gui He
*
a
State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
, Beijing 100190, China
b
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
, Beijing 100049, China
c
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and CAS Research/Education Center of Excellence in Molecular Sciences
, Beijing 100190, China
*Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: liziyu2010@iccas.ac.cn, shengguihe@iccas.ac.cn
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*Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: liziyu2010@iccas.ac.cn, shengguihe@iccas.ac.cn
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Part of the special issue for “the Chinese Chemical Society’s 16th National Chemical Dynamics Symposium”.
Chin. J. Chem. Phys. 33, 507–520 (2020)
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Received:
August 12 2020
Accepted:
September 08 2020
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Li-hui Mou, Gui-duo Jiang, Zi-yu Li, Sheng-gui He; Activation of dinitrogen by gas-phase species. Chin. J. Chem. Phys. 1 October 2020; 33 (5): 507–520. https://doi.org/10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp2008141
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