Selective functionalization of unactivated C–H bonds, water oxidation, and dioxygen
reduction are extremely important reactions in the context of finding energy carriers and …

Hydrogen production through water splitting is an excellent potential source of clean energy
for the future, providing it can be generated from renewable energy sources. An attractive …

Conspectus Mononuclear nonheme iron–oxygen species, such as iron–superoxo,−
peroxo,− hydroperoxo, and− oxo, are key intermediates involved in dioxygen activation and …

Iron-containing enzymes are one of Nature's main means of effecting key biological
transformations. The mononuclear non-heme iron oxygenases and oxidases have received …

Conspectus This Account describes the manner whereby nature controls the Fenton-type
reaction of O–O homolysis of hydrogen peroxide and harnesses it to carry out various useful …

Understanding the mechanisms of dioxygen activation at the metal centers is important for
unraveling the mechanisms of metal-containing oxidases and oxygenases, synthesizing …

Metalloenzymes utilize inexpensive and earth-abundant transition metal ions as important
co-factors to enable binding of a dioxygen molecule so that it can be used in various …

Non-heme iron-catalyzed oxidation of hydrocarbons has attracted considerable attention in
the last decade.[1–4] Mononuclear FeIII–peroxide and–hydroperoxide species are believed …

High-valent iron oxidants are known to be the catalytically active species in heme enzymes,
and the last decade has seen similar developments in non-heme-iron biomimetics and …

Oxidation reactions catalyzed by enzymes with central iron atoms are essential to life. The
nature of these systems has evoked great interest to understand and model their reactivity …