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Pacman Compounds: From Energy Transfer to Cooperative Catalysis
Author(s) -
Lang Philipp,
Schwalbe Matthias
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201703675
Subject(s) - catalysis , covalent bond , molecule , substrate (aquarium) , metal , chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , energy transfer , linkage (software) , nanotechnology , computational chemistry , chemical physics , materials science , organic chemistry , biochemistry , oceanography , gene , geology
In this Concept article we present the syntheses and application of homo and heterodinuclear “Pacman” compounds. This architecture implies that two metal coordination fragments are brought in close vicinity to each other via a covalent linkage to either support energy transfer between the two units or cooperative transformation of a substrate. Nature has shown that the combination of metal fragments, in particular two different metals, can dramatically improve the efficiency of small molecule activation. We exemplify this strategy for the activation of water, dioxygen and carbon dioxide. Furthermore, we present artificial systems in which a positive effect on the catalytic performance because of the combination of two (different) metal centers could be observed. Thus, Pacman‐type compounds are very well suited as structural and functional models for their biological counterparts.