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Keywords:

  • coordination modes;
  • enzyme catalysis;
  • molybdenum;
  • nitrogen fixation;
  • nitrogenases
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A monumental achievement for coordination chemistry that also re-addresses the role of molybdenum in the nitrogenase FeMo cofactor is the discovery of the catalytic reduction of dinitrogen at a well-defined molybdenum complex by protons and electrons (see picture).