TY - JOUR
T1 - High-valent metal-oxo intermediates in energy demanding processes
T2 - From dioxygen reduction to water splitting
AU - Ray, Kallol
AU - Heims, Florian
AU - Schwalbe, Matthias
AU - Nam, Wonwoo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2015/4/1
Y1 - 2015/4/1
N2 - Four-electron reduction of dioxygen to water and splitting of water to dioxygen are extremely important processes in the context of attaining clean renewable energy sources. High-valent metal-oxo cores are proposed as reactive intermediates in these vital processes, although they have only been isolated in extremely rare cases in the biological systems thereby making the mechanism ambiguous. Recent biomimetic studies have, however, aided in our understanding of the fundamental reactivity of the high-valent metal-oxo species in various reactions relevant to energy conversion. All these studies are summarized in the present review.
AB - Four-electron reduction of dioxygen to water and splitting of water to dioxygen are extremely important processes in the context of attaining clean renewable energy sources. High-valent metal-oxo cores are proposed as reactive intermediates in these vital processes, although they have only been isolated in extremely rare cases in the biological systems thereby making the mechanism ambiguous. Recent biomimetic studies have, however, aided in our understanding of the fundamental reactivity of the high-valent metal-oxo species in various reactions relevant to energy conversion. All these studies are summarized in the present review.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84923002046&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.cbpa.2015.01.014
DO - 10.1016/j.cbpa.2015.01.014
M3 - Review article
C2 - 25703840
AN - SCOPUS:84923002046
SN - 1367-5931
VL - 25
SP - 159
EP - 171
JO - Current Opinion in Chemical Biology
JF - Current Opinion in Chemical Biology
ER -
