The rational design of well-defined, first-row transition metal complexes that can activate
dioxygen has been a challenging goal for the synthetic inorganic chemist. The activation of …

The selective functionalization of strong C− H bonds and the oxidation of water by cheap
and nontoxic metals are some of the key targets of chemical research today. It has been …

Conspectus The functions of metal complexes are directly linked to the local environment in
which they are housed; modifications to the local environment (or secondary coordination …

Enzymes are highly efficient catalysts in Nature that often react with high stereo-, chemo-,
and regioselectivity. Usually, enzymes achieve this selectivity through substrate binding and …

Enzymatic reactions that involve C–H bond activation of alkanes by high-valent iron–oxo
species can be explained by the rebound mechanism (RM). Hydroxylation reactions of …

Iron (V)-oxo species have been proposed as key reactive intermediates in the catalysis of
oxygen-activating enzymes and synthetic catalysts. Here, we report the synthesis of [Fe …

In the last two decades, considerable efforts were invested in the search for synthetic iron
and manganese catalysts with nonporphyrinic ligands, mimicking metalloenzymes in the …

Among the four photo-driven transitions of the water-oxidizing tetramanganese–calcium
cofactor of biological photosynthesis, the second-last step of the catalytic cycle, that is the S2 …

Recent advances in the study of the oxygen evolving complex (OEC) of photosystem II (PSII)
include structural information attained from several X-ray crystallographic (XRD) and …

A mononuclear non-heme manganese (IV)–oxo complex has been synthesized and
characterized using various spectroscopic methods. The Mn (IV)–oxo complex shows high …