Insights into Metalloenzymes and Bioinspired Complexes for Small Molecule Activation
A special issue of Inorganics (ISSN 2304-6740). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioinorganic Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 1676
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Interests: coordination, organometallic and bioorganometallic chemistry; biomimetism; bimetallic activation; hydrogenase and nitrogenase models; activation of small molecules; synthesis and reactivity
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Dear Colleagues,
Small molecule transformations in nature, such as reductions of protons, O2, CO, CO2, and N2, are performed by multicomponent metalloenzymes. Understanding and mimicking the mechanisms of these redox transformations remains challenging and requires the development of the chemistry of model complexes as structural, spectroscopic or functional models. This approach employs molecular engineering to control the availability of coordination sites and electron and proton transfers necessary for activation processes through metal–ligand cooperativities, involving redox and proton relay. This is why, in the context of the development of renewable energy and new environmentally friendly processes, metalloenzymes and their active sites provide a source of inspiration for coordination and organometallic chemists.
This Special Issue, titled "Insights into Metalloenzymes and Bioinspired Complexes for Small Molecule Activation”, will cover recent developments on metalloenzymes and bioinspired molecules, such as their synthesis and characterization and their redox behavior and reactivity for small molecule activation.
This Special Issue is dedicated to Dr. Jean Talarmin, who passed away in April 2025, and who contributed over several decades to our shared understanding of electronic transfer processes in dinuclear systems that model the active sites of [FeFe] hydrogenases and nitrogenases.
Prof. Dr. Philippe Schollhammer
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- metal transition complexes
- proton and electron transfer
- activation of small molecules
- metal–ligand cooperativities
- synthesis and reactivity
- electrochemistry
- catalytic activity
- mechanism determination
- structure–reactivity relationship
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