Heterometallic Iron-containing Compounds

A New FeMo Complex as a Model of Heterobimetallic Assemblies in Natural Systems: Mössbauer and Density Functional Theory Investigations

“…The design of bimetallic species has been developed for several decades with the aim of achieving efficient catalysts via a cooperative activation by adjacent metals . In this context, heterobimetallic systems are of interest because of the possible synergistic effects between the two different metal centers that could enhance the activities of such systems . [FeFe]- and [NiFe]hydrogenases afford striking natural examples of efficient catalytic devices in which the production or uptake of dihydrogen is catalyzed at bimetallic active sites .…”