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Selective reduction and homologation of carbon monoxide by organometallic iron complexes (2018)
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Sharpe, H. R., Geer, A. M., Taylor, L. J., Gridley, B. M., Blundell, T. J., Blake, A. J., Davies, E. S., Lewis, W., McMaster, J., Robinson, D., & Kays, D. L. (2018). Selective reduction and homologation of carbon monoxide by organometallic iron complexes. Nature Communications, 9, Article 3757. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06242-w

Carbon monoxide is a key C1 feedstock for the industrial production of hydrocarbons, where it is used to make millions of tonnes of chemicals, fuels, and solvents per annum. Many transition metal complexes can coordinate CO2 but the formation of new... Read More about Selective reduction and homologation of carbon monoxide by organometallic iron complexes.

Carbene in Cupredoxin Protein Scaffolds: Replacement of a Histidine Ligand in the Active Site Substantially Alters Copper Redox Properties (2018)
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Planchestainer, M., Segaud, N., Shanmugam, M., McMaster, J., Paradisi, F., & Albrecht, M. (2018). Carbene in Cupredoxin Protein Scaffolds: Replacement of a Histidine Ligand in the Active Site Substantially Alters Copper Redox Properties. Angewandte Chemie, 130(33), 10837-10842. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201807168

N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands have had a major impact in homogeneous catalysis, however, their potential role in biological systems is essentially unexplored. We replaced a copper‐coordinating histidine (His) in the active site of the redox en... Read More about Carbene in Cupredoxin Protein Scaffolds: Replacement of a Histidine Ligand in the Active Site Substantially Alters Copper Redox Properties.

Heterobimetallic [NiFe] complexes containing mixedCO/CN− ligands: analogs of the active site of the [NiFe]hydrogenases (2018)
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Perotto, C. U., Sodipo, C. L., Jones, G. J., Tidey, J. P., Blake, A. J., Lewis, W., Davies, E. S., McMaster, J., & Schröder, M. (in press). Heterobimetallic [NiFe] complexes containing mixedCO/CN− ligands: analogs of the active site of the [NiFe]hydrogenases. Inorganic Chemistry, 57(5), https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02905

The development of synthetic analogs of the active sites of [NiFe] hydrogenases remains challenging and, in spite of the number of complexes featuring a [NiFe] center, those featuring CO and CN− ligands at the Fe center are under-represented. We repo... Read More about Heterobimetallic [NiFe] complexes containing mixedCO/CN− ligands: analogs of the active site of the [NiFe]hydrogenases.

Perylene diimide triple helix formation in the solid-state (2018)
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Haddow, S. L., Ring, D. J., Bagha, H., Pearce, N., Nowell, H., Blake, A. J., Lewis, W., McMaster, J., & Champness, N. R. (2018). Perylene diimide triple helix formation in the solid-state. Crystal Growth and Design, 18(2), https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.7b01268

The structural characterisation of single crystals of di-4-pyridyl-substituted 3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic diimide reveals a surprising triple helical arrangement. The intermolecular interactions that lead to such an arrangement are investigated... Read More about Perylene diimide triple helix formation in the solid-state.