15.02 - Hydrogenases and Model Complexes in Bioorganometallic Chemistry

• Hydrogenases are enzymes involved in H2 metabolism, and provide a blue-print for how efficient H2/H+ interconversion can be achieved utilizing base metals. The societal interest in H2 as a future energy carrier, and a desire for fundamental understanding of how their biologically unique cofactors operate, has promoted intense studies of these enzymes and their related biomimetic analogs. This book chapter provides an overview of both the biochemistry of these fascinating enzymes as well the extensive work related to preparing and characterizing organometallic complexes mimicking their catalytic cofactors.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Kemi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Chemical Sciences (hsv//eng)

Keyword

[Fe] Hdrogenase

[FeFe] hydrogenase

[NiFe] hydrogenase

Biomimetic chemistry

Bioorganometallic chemistry

Catalysis

FTIR spectroscopy

Hydrogen

Iron

Nickel

Publication and Content Type

vet (subject category)

kap (subject category)