The biologically relevant coordination chemistry of iron and nitric oxide: electronic structure and reactivity

N Lehnert, E Kim, HT Dong, JB Harland… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nitric oxide (NO) is an important signaling molecule that is involved in a wide range of
physiological and pathological events in biology. Metal coordination chemistry, especially …

When nanozymes meet single‐atom catalysis

L Jiao, H Yan, Y Wu, W Gu, C Zhu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nanomaterials with enzyme‐like activities, coined nanozymes, have been researched
widely as they offer unparalleled advantages in terms of low cost, superior activity, and high …

Oxidase‐like Fe‐N‐C single‐atom nanozymes for the detection of acetylcholinesterase activity

Y Wu, L Jiao, X Luo, W Xu, X Wei, H Wang, H Yan… - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐atom catalysts (SACs) have attracted extensive attention in the catalysis field
because of their remarkable catalytic activity, gratifying stability, excellent selectivity, and …

Reversing nitrogen fixation

N Lehnert, HT Dong, JB Harland, AP Hunt… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
The nitrogen cycle is one of the most important biogeochemical cycles on Earth because
nitrogen is an essential nutrient for all life forms. To supplement natural nitrogen fixation …

Ferrates: greener oxidants with multimodal action in water treatment technologies

VK Sharma, R Zboril, RS Varma - Accounts of chemical research, 2015 - ACS Publications
Conspectus One of the biggest challenges for humanity in the 21st century is easy access to
purified and potable water. The presence of pathogens and toxins in water causes more …

Bio-inspired mononuclear nonheme metal peroxo complexes: Synthesis, structures and mechanistic studies toward understanding enzymatic reactions

D Jeong, JS Valentine, J Cho - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

Biological and bioinspired inorganic N–N bond-forming reactions

C Ferousi, SH Majer, IM DiMucci… - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
The metallobiochemistry underlying the formation of the inorganic N–N-bond-containing
molecules nitrous oxide (N2O), dinitrogen (N2), and hydrazine (N2H4) is essential to the …

Bromoacetic acid-promoted nonheme manganese-catalyzed alkane hydroxylation inspired by α-ketoglutarate-dependent oxygenases

J Chen, J Yao, XX Li, Y Wang, W Song, KB Cho… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Biomimetic iron and manganese complexes have emerged as important catalysts in chemo-,
regio-, and stereoselective oxidation reactions. In this study, we describe a remote …

Elaboration of copper–oxygen mediated C–H activation chemistry in consideration of future fuel and feedstock generation

JY Lee, KD Karlin - Current opinion in chemical biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•Copper–oxygen complexes can effect difficult C–H oxidations in copper
monooxygenases.•The advancement of Cu–oxygen reactivity can contribute to societal …

Ferrous iron and α-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases in the biosynthesis of microbial natural products

LF Wu, S Meng, GL Tang - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Proteins …, 2016 - Elsevier
Apart from its vital role as the terminal electron acceptor in oxidative phosphorylation in
nature, dioxygen also serves as a universal agent which diversifies natural products by …