Calculated details of a mechanism for conversion of N-2 to NH3 at the FeMo cluster of nitrogenase

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Dance, I
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[1] School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney
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10.1039/a607136h
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O6 [化学];
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Density functional calculations mapping the geometry/energy hypersurface of the Fe7MoS9(S-cysteine) (homocitrate)(histidine) cluster in nitrogenase and its binding of N-2, H+, e(-) and N-H intermediates reveal mechanistic details for the formation of NH3.
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