. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 27.

Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2016 Apr 15;138(16):5341–5350. doi: 10.1021/jacs.6b01706

Table 2.

Comparison of NH₃ Generating Reactions^a

Catalyst	Temperature (°C)	Maximum yield^d	TOF (min⁻¹)	Efficiency (%)
Mo1-H^a	25	12	0.14	31
Mo2^b	25	63	0.26	35
1^c	−78	64	1.2	12

Data for Mo1-H and Mo2 are from reference 11 and depictions of the compounds are presented in Chart 1.

Conditions: 2,6-lutidinium trifluoromethanesulfonate and cobaltocene in toluene.

Conditions: 2,4,6-trimethylpyridinium trifluoromethanesulfonate and decamethylcobaltocene in toluene.

Conditions: HBAr^F₄ and KC₈ in diethyl ether.

Expressed in NH₃ equivalents.