Dinitrogen reduction chemistry with scandium provides a complex with two side-on (N[double bond, length as m-dash]N)<sup>2-</sup> ligands bound to one metal: (C<sub>5</sub>Me<sub>5</sub>)Sc[(µ-η<sup>2</sup>:η<sup>2</sup>-N<sub>2</sub>)Sc(C<sub>5</sub>Me<sub>5</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]<sub>2</sub>.
Queen, Joshua D.; Rajabi, Ahmadreza; Goudzwaard, Quinn E.; Yuan, Qiong; Nguyen, Dang Khoa; Ziller, Joseph W.; Furche, Filipp; Xi, Zhenfeng; Evans, William J.; Chemical science 15 (2024) 16069–16078; doi:10.1039/d4sc03977g

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 Dinitrogen reduction chemistry with scandium provides a complex with two
 side-on (N[double bond, length as m-dash]N)<sup>2-</sup> ligands bound to
 one metal:
 (C<sub>5</sub>Me<sub>5</sub>)Sc[(&#xb5;-&#x3b7;<sup>2</sup>:&#x3b7;<sup>2</sup>-N<sub>2</sub>)Sc(C<sub>5</sub>Me<sub>5</sub>)<sub>2</sub>]<sub>2</sub>.
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_journal_name_full               'Chemical science'
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_audit_update_record
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2024-05-10 deposited with the CCDC.	2024-08-29 downloaded from the CCDC.
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_cell_angle_alpha                82.260(4)
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Reflections not merged 
53930 Corrected reflections written to file jdq18.hkl 
Estimated minimum and maximum transmission:  0.5559  0.7531 
The ratio of these values is more reliable than their absolute values! 
Additional spherical absorption correction applied with mu*r =  0.2000 
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_refine_ls_weighting_details
'w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)+(0.0369P)^2^+4.5115P] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
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_cod_depositor_comments
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data item '_exptl_crystal_density_meas' value 'not_measured' was
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