title: Quest for metal/NH bifunctional bioinspired catalysis in a dinuclear platform.
abstract: Bifunctional catalysts, in which two functionalities cooperate in substrate activation and transformation, promote a number of chemical and biological reactions quite efficiently. This perspective mainly describes our efforts to extend the concept of the metal/NH bifunctional mononuclear catalysts to dinuclear systems. The late transition metal dinuclear complexes with bridging sulfonylated nitrogen donors and parent amides (NH(2)) are focused on particularly, while the chemistry of related nitrogen-bridged polynuclear complexes is also mentioned.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan. skuwata@apc.titech.ac.jp
authors.forename: Shigeki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuwata
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikariya
mesh_terms: D000438:Alcohols / Q000737:chemistry; D000577:Amides / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D020134:Catalytic Domain; D006864:Hydrogenase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D007094:Imides / Q000737:chemistry; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012238:Rhodium / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols; D000577:Amides; D007094:Imides; D008670:Metals; D012238:Rhodium; D006864:Hydrogenase; D009584:Nitrogen