Check out our new paper in Chem. Sci. Bimetallic cleavage of N2 gives very stable nitrides, with little driving force to add an H atom or H+/e- to get to ammonia. But the catalysts find a way around that problem... Great work by
@souvikm.bsky.social and many others! doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...

Great work by @ashishchemist.bsky.social and Prof. Faraj Hasanayn (AUB) demonstrating an unprecedented mechanism for double C-H activation of alkanes leading to dehydrogenation (and the reverse, olefin hydrogenation) and H/D exchange all with bizarre selectivity.

Great work by @ashishchemist.bsky.social and Faraj Hasanayn (AUB) demonstrating an unprecedented mode of alkane C-H activation leading to alkane dehydrogenation, olefin hydrogenation, and H Isotope Exchange with bizarre selectivity.

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