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A Functional Model of [Fe]-Hydrogenase

Rosario Scopelliti, Xile Hu, Matthew Wodrich, Tao Xu, Simona Mazza

[Fe]-Hydrogenase catalyzes the hydrogenation of a biological substrate via the heterolytic splitting of molecular hydrogen. While many synthetic models of [Fe]-hydrogenase have been prepared, none yet are capable of activating H-2 on their own. Here, we re ...

American Chemical Society2016

Chemoselective Alkene Hydrosilylation Catalyzed by Nickel Pincer Complexes

Xile Hu, Ivan Buslov, Mickael Montandon-Clerc, Simona Mazza, Jeanne Marine Edith Becouse

Chemoselective hydrosilylation of functionalized alkenes is difficult to achieve using base-metal catalysts. Reported herein is that well-defined bis(amino) amide nickel pincer complexes are efficient catalysts for anti-Markovnikov hydrosilylation of termi ...

Wiley-Blackwell2015

Chemoselective Hydrogenation and Transfer Hydrogenation of Aldehydes Catalyzed by Iron(II) PONOP Pincer Complexes

Rosario Scopelliti, Xile Hu, Simona Mazza

Iron-catalyzed hydrogenation has drawn much attention, yet the scope and chemoselectivity of iron catalysis warrant further improvement. Here we report new iron pincer complexes as chemoselective hydrogenation and transfer hydrogenation catalysts. Several ...

American Chemical Society2015

Iron Complexes for Hydrogen Activation and Catalytic Hydrogenation

Simona Mazza

Inspired by Nature several groups have developed structural and functional iron complexes mimicking the active site of the iron-hydrogenases, which show high reactivity in the H2 cleavage. Usually pendant bases have been incorporated onto families of Fe co ...

EPFL2015