Département de chimie moléculaire

{Despite the report of several structural and functional models of the [NiFe] hydrogenases, it is still unclear how the succession of electron and proton transfers during H2 prodn. catalysis are controlled in terms of both sequence (order of the chem. or redox steps) and sites (metal and/or ligand). To address this issue, the structure of the previously described bio-inspired [NiFe] hydrogenase complex [LN2S2NiIIFeIICp(CO)]+ (LNiIIFeIICp, with LN2S2= 2,2'-(2,2'-bipryridine-6,6'-diyl)bis(1,1'-diphenylethanethiolate)