Gases like H2, N2, CO2, and CO are increasingly recognized as critical feedstock in “green”
energy conversion and as sources of nitrogen and carbon for the agricultural and chemical …

Pendant amines play an invaluable role in chemical reactivity, especially for molecular
catalysts based on earth-abundant metals. As inspired by [FeFe]-hydrogenases, which …

The modularity and synthetic flexibility of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have provoked
analogies with enzymes, and even the term MOFzymes has been coined. In this review, we …

While hydrogen plays an ever-increasing role in modern society, nature has utilized
hydrogen since a very long time as an energy carrier and storage molecule. Among the …

Hydrogenase enzymes efficiently process H2 and protons at organometallic FeFe, NiFe, or
Fe active sites. Synthetic modeling of the many H2ase states has provided insight into …

The reaction takes place at a specialized metal center that dramatically increases the acidity
of H2 and leads to a heterolytic splitting of the molecule which is strongly accelerated by the …

Two major energy-related problems confront the world in the next 50 years. First, increased
worldwide competition for gradually depleting fossil fuel reserves (derived from past …

It was once widely held that nearly all reactions in biology were catalyzed via mechanisms
involving paired electron species. Beginning approximately 40 years ago, this paradigm was …

Noyori-type catalysts have found numerous applications in research and industrial settings.
The central mechanistic component of such catalysts is a metal centre coordinated to a N–H …

Hydrogenases are the most active molecular catalysts for hydrogen production and uptake,,
and could therefore facilitate the development of new types of fuel cell,,. In [FeFe] …