A dinuclear synthetic model of the [NiFeSe] hydrogenase active site and a structural, spectroscopic and electrochemical analysis of this complex is reported. [NiFe('S2Se2')(CO)3] (H2'S2Se2' = 1,2-bis(2-thiabutyl-3,3-dimethyl-4-selenol)benzene) has been synthesized by reacting the nickel selenolate complex [Ni('S2Se2')] with [Fe(CO)3bda] (bda = benzylideneacetone). X-ray crystal structure analys...

Reaction of [PPN][Fe(NO)2(SePh)2] (1) with dimeric [Ni(mu-SCH2CH2SCH2CH2S)]2 in the presence of additional NO2- produced the neutral heterobimetallic [(ON)Ni[(mu-SCH2CH2)2S]Fe(NO)2] complex (2). The X-ray crystal structures of 1 and 2 show distorted tetrahedral iron dinitrosyl groups, assigned according to the Feltham-Enemark notation as [Fe(NO)2]9 The Fe-NO bonds are off linearity by an averag...

Heterobimetallic complexes of Zn(II) and Sn(IV) with sarcosine have been synthesized at room temperature under stirring conditions by the reaction of sarcosine and zinc acetate in 2 : 1 molar ratio followed by the stepwise addition of CS2 and organotin(IV) halides, where R = Me, n-Bu, and Ph. The complexes were characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR and NMR ((1)H, (13)C) spectroscopy. IR da...

A class of four bright heterobimetallic emitters is presented, which features both a chromophoric [Ir(C^N)2] center and positively charged, linear bis-NHC M(I) ancillary moiety bridged through Janus-type ligand. An in-depth investigation their optical electrochemical properties also reported, are further elucidated by means time-dependent density functional theory including spin–orbital couplin...

Inspired by the active site of CO dehydrogenase, a metalloporphyrin-based mimic has been synthesized combining multipoint hydrogen bond donor and bimetallic centre, as reported Zakaria Halime, Ally Aukauloo et al. in their Communication (e202214665). The cooperativity between two metal centres catalyst was shown for both homo- heterobimetallic analogues, leading to significant enhancement catal...

Janice L. Wong, Robert F. Higgins, Indrani Bhowmick, David Xi Cao, Géza Szigethy, Joseph W. Ziller, Matthew P. Shores* and Alan F. Heyduk* A new bimetallic platform comprising a six-coordinate Fe(ONO)2 unit bound to an (ONO)M (M1⁄4 Fe, Zn) has been discovered ((ONO)H3 1⁄4 bis(3,5-di-tert-butyl-2-phenol)amine). Reaction of Fe(ONO)2 with either (ONO)Fe(py)3 or with (ONO )FeCl2 under reducing cond...

The reactivity of a reduced heterobimetallic Co(-I)/Zr(IV) complex, ((t)BuNC)Co((i)Pr2PNMes)3Zr(THF) (), with a series of azido and diazo reagents is explored to demonstrate the feasibility of facilitating two-electron redox processes at a formally d(0) Zr(iv) center using the appended Co fragment exclusively as an electron-reservoir. Addition of mesityl or adamantyl azide to affords the termin...