A Beginner’s Guide to Thermodynamic Modelling of [FeFe] Hydrogenase

[FeFe] hydrogenases, which are considered the most active naturally occurring catalysts for hydrogen oxidation and proton reduction, are extensively studied as models to learn the important features for efficient H2 conversion catalysis. Using infrared spectroscopy as a selective probe, the redox behaviour of the active site H-cluster is routinely modelled with thermodynamic schemes based on the Nernst equation for determining thermodynamic parameters, such as redox midpoint potentials and pKa values. Here, the thermodynamic models usually applied to [FeFe] hydrogenases are introduced and discussed in a pedagogic fashion and their applicability to additional metalloenzymes and molecular catalysts is also addressed.

A Dual-Wavelength Electrochromic Film Based on Pt(II) Complex for Optical Modulation at Telecommunication Wavelength and Dark Solid-State Display Device

A cyclometalated platinum phenylacetylide [(L)Pt(C≡C-ph)] {L = 4-[p-(diphenylamino)phenyl]-6-phenyl-2,2’-bipyridine} has been successfully synthesized and characterized. And its oxidative electropolymerization film with a non-diffusion controlled redox behaviour and an inverse dependence of...

Sterically constrained tricyclic phosphine: redox behaviour, reductive and oxidative cleavage of P–C bonds, generation of a dilithium phosphaindole as a promising synthon in phosphine chemistry

Sterically constrained tricyclic phosphines with annulated five- and six-membered rings show fascinating chemical and redox reactivity as indicated by sophisticated in situ UV-vis CV and multi-pulse chronoamperometry.