title: An iron carbonyl pyridonate complex related to the active site of the [Fe]-hydrogenase (Hmd).
abstract: A mononuclear iron bis(carbonyl) pyridonate complex (1), which exhibits several common structural features with the active site of the iron-sulfur cluster-free [Fe]-hydrogenase, was synthesized and characterized. Spectroscopic data of 1 suggests a 2+ oxidation state for the Fe ion in the [Fe]-hydrogenase. Complex 1 serves as a precursor to other hydrogenase models.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Catalysis, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, ISIC-LSCI, BCH 3305, Lausanne CH 1015, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Blaise V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Obrist
authors.forename: Dafa
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahrens
authors.forename: Volker
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Schünemann
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Scopelliti
authors.forename: Xile
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hu