REDUCTION OF ACETYLENE TO ETHYLENE CATALYZED BY THE REDUCED SPECIES OF (2-) AND (3-): A MODEL REACTION TO NITROGENASE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1981.895

Reduction of acetylene to ethylene is catalized by ^(n-) (<4-Fe>^(n-), n=3,4) or <^(m-) (^(m-), m=4,5) produced by conrtolled potential electrolysis of <4-Fe>(2-) or (3-) in MeOH/THF and in H2O.The catalytic activity increases in the order (4-) << <4-Fe>(3-) cca.= (5-) < <4-Fe>(4-).