The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are core steps of
various energy conversion and storage systems. However, their sluggish reaction kinetics …

A longstanding research goal has been to understand the nature and role of copper–oxygen
intermediates within copper-containing enzymes and abiological catalysts. Synthetic …

Methane monooxygenases (MMOs) mediate the facile conversion of methane into methanol
in methanotrophic bacteria with high efficiency under ambient conditions. Because the …

Copper-exchanged zeolites with mordenite structure mimic the nuclearity and reactivity of
active sites in particulate methane monooxygenase, which are enzymes able to selectively …

Inorganic functionalization of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), such as incorporation of
multiple inorganic building blocks with distinct metals into one structure and further …

Methane oxidation is extremely difficult chemistry to perform in the laboratory. The CÀH
bond in CH4 has the highest bond energy (104 kcal molÀ1) amongst organic substrates. In …

Particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO) plays a critical role in catalyzing the
conversion of methane to methanol, constituting the initial step in the C1 metabolic pathway …

Polynuclear homo-and heterometallic complexes of transition metals constitute a broad
class of coordination compounds with recognized applications in catalysis, and polymetallic …

Methane-utilizing bacteria (methanotrophs), which inhabit various environments such as
wetlands, rice paddies and the surface of aquatic plants are known to convert methane to …

This review summarizes the latest discoveries in the field of C–H activation by copper
monoxygenases and more particularly by their bioinspired systems. This work first describes …