Utilization of O2 as an abundant and environmentally benign oxidant is of great interest in
the design of bioinspired synthetic catalytic oxidation systems. Metalloenzymes activate O2 …

Computational chemistry provides a versatile toolbox for studying mechanistic details of
catalytic reactions and holds promise to deliver practical strategies to enable the rational in …

Single-atom nanozymes (SAzymes) open new possibilities for the development of artificial
enzymes that have catalytic activity comparable to that of natural peroxidase (POD). So far …

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 …

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

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 …

Aromatic azo compounds, which play an important role in pharmaceutical and industrial
applications, still face great challenges in synthesis. Herein, we report a molybdenum oxide …

Non-heme iron halogenases and hydroxylases activate inert C–H bonds to selectively
catalyze the functionalization of diverse biological products under physiological conditions …

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 …

This review highlights in situ UV–vis–NIR range absorption spectroscopy in catalysis. A
variety of experimental techniques identifying reaction mechanisms, kinetics, and structural …