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 …

Imaging beam‐sensitive materials by electron microscopy

Q Chen, C Dwyer, G Sheng, C Zhu, X Li… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Electron microscopy allows the extraction of multidimensional spatiotemporally correlated
structural information of diverse materials down to atomic resolution, which is essential for …

Energy decomposition analysis of covalent bonds and intermolecular interactions

P Su, H Li - The Journal of chemical physics, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
An energy decomposition analysis method is implemented for the analysis of both covalent
bonds and intermolecular interactions on the basis of single-determinant Hartree–Fock …

Thiol and thioether-based metal–organic frameworks: synthesis, structure, and multifaceted applications

R Patra, S Mondal, D Sarma - Dalton Transactions, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are unique hybrid porous materials formed by combining
metal ions or clusters with organic ligands. Thiol and thioether-based MOFs belong to a …

Steering chemical reactions with force

S Garcia-Manyes, AEM Beedle - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2017 - nature.com
Chemical reactivity underlies our fundamental understanding of many physical and
biological phenomena. Chemical reactions are typically initiated by heat, electric current or …

New perspectives of zinc coordination environments in proteins

W Maret - Journal of inorganic biochemistry, 2012 - Elsevier
Zinc is more widely used as a cofactor in proteins than any other transition metal ion. In
addition to catalytic and structural functions, zinc (II) ions have a role in information transfer …

Metal–Ligand Covalency in the Valence Excited States of Metal Dithiolenes Revealed by S 1s3p Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering

CB Larsen, K Ledbetter, DR Nascimento… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Metallo dithiolene complexes with biological and catalytic relevance are well-known for
having strong metal–ligand covalency, which dictates their valence electronic structures. We …

Bio-inspired, multifunctional metal–thiolate motif: from electron transfer to sulfur reactivity and small-molecule activation

M Gennari, C Duboc - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Sulfur-rich metalloproteins and metalloenzymes, containing strongly covalent
metal–thiolate (cysteinate) or metal–sulfide bonds in their active site, are ubiquitous in …

Cadmium in metallothioneins

E Freisinger, M Vašák - Cadmium: from toxicity to essentiality, 2013 - Springer
Metallothioneins (MTs) are low-molecular-mass cysteine-rich proteins with the ability to bind
mono-and divalent metal ions with the electron configuration d 10 in form of metal-thiolate …

Influence of electron-withdrawing substituents on the electronic structure of oxidized Ni and Cu salen complexes

L Chiang, K Herasymchuk, F Thomas… - Inorganic Chemistry, 2015 - ACS Publications
Nickel (Ni (Sal CF3)) and copper (Cu (Sal CF3)) complexes of an electron-poor salen ligand
were prepared, and their one-electron oxidized counterparts were studied using an array of …