EXC 314:  Unifying Concepts in Catalysis

• Fachliche Zuordnung: Molekülchemie ; Analytische Chemie ; Biologische Chemie und Lebensmittelchemie ; Chemische Festkörper- und Oberflächenforschung ; Physik der kondensierten Materie ; Physikalische Chemie ; Polymerforschung ; Verfahrenstechnik, Technische Chemie
• Förderung: Förderung von 2007 bis 2018
• Projektkennung: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 53182490

• Erstellungsjahr: 2020

Zusammenfassung der Projektergebnisse

In einem beispiellosen integrierten Ansatz konnte der von 2007-2018 geförderte Exzellenzcluster UniCat erfolgreich zeigen, durch welche entscheidenden Schritte ein umfassendes Verständnis von molekularen Mechanismen in einzelnen katalytischen Reaktionen erreicht werden kann, was den Weg zu einem wissensbasierten Design von chemischen und biologischen Katalysatoren ebnete. Durch die Bestimmung von gemeinsamen grundlegenden Reaktionsmechanismen in der homogenen, heterogenen und biologischen Katalyse konnten traditionelle Barrieren zwischen den Subdisziplinen der Katalyse überwunden werden. Das finale Forschungsprogramm bestand aus zwei Hauptgebieten, der chemischen und biologischen Katalyse, mit den zentralen Forschungsfragen, wie eine selektive Aktivierung von kleinen Molekülen (Methan, Kohlenoxide, Wasserstoff, Sauerstoff, Wasser, Wasserstoffperoxid) gelingen und zelluläre Biokatalyse durch Proteine und Licht gesteuert werden kann. UniCat entwickelte einen übergreifenden – vereinigenden – Blick auf die Katalyse, was durch die Entschlüsselung von Elementarschritten von Katalysezyklen in unterschiedlichen chemischen und biologischen Umgebungen gelang. Zwei Schlüsselentdeckungen illustrieren UniCat’s Forschungserfolge, die zu seiner hohen nationalen und internationalen Sichtbarkeit beitrugen: (i) Die drastische Verbesserung der oxidativen Kupplung von Methan zu Ethylen und (ii) die Entschlüsselung der Ursache für die Sauerstofftoleranz einer [NiFe]-haltigen Hydrogenase. Beiden Beispielen ist gemeinsam, dass ohne das Wissen über die Dynamik der aktiven Zentren auf der atomaren Skala und Reaktionsdynamik der Folgeprozesse kein umfassendes molekulares Verständnis der katalytischen Prozesse möglich ist. Für den Erfolg aller Projekte war die Verfügbarkeit von geeigneten experimentellen und theoretischen Methoden zur Multiskalenanalyse und in-situ Verfolgung von (bio)katalytischen Prozessen in hochkomplexen Umgebungen von zentraler Bedeutung. Dies wurde durch enge Kooperationen zwischen mehr als 250 Wissenschaftler/Innen von TU, FU und HU Berlin, der UP, Charité, dem FHI und dem MPI-KGF erreicht. Wichtige Personalentwicklungen an der TU und den anderen teilnehmenden Institutionen schließen vier neue Professuren und die Berufung von 13 Juniorprofessoren/Innen bzw. unabhängigen Nachwuchswissenschaftler/Innen ein. Ein weiterer Erfolg für die Förderung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses ist Uni-Cat’s Berlin International Graduate School of Natural Sciences and Engineering (BIG-NSE), in der 92 Studierende ihr Doktorat abschlossen (50% Frauen und 66% aus dem Ausland), wobei 90% der Absolventen/Innen das Prädikat “Mit Auszeichnung” oder “Sehr Gut” erhielten. Dank gezielter Maßnahmen konnte der Frauenanteil in der Gruppe der PI’s von 4% (2007) auf 14% (2018) gesteigert werden. Weitere nachhaltige Maßnahmen schließen die Gründung des Gerhard Ertl Center als Beheimatung der BIG-NSE und Administration sowie die Gründung des UniCat BASF JointLab (BasCat) mit ein.

Link zum Abschlussbericht

https://dx.doi.org/10.2314/GBV:1697188974

Projektbezogene Publikationen (Auswahl)

• A Trispyrazolylborato Iron Malonato Complex as a Functional Model for the Acetylacetone Dioxygenase; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 7953-7956
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• Activation of Methane by Oligomeric (Al2O3)n+ (n = 3, 4, 5): The Role of Oxygen-Centered Radicals in Thermal Hydrogen-Atom Abstraction; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 1946-1950
  S. Feyel, J. Döbler, R. Höckendorf, M. K. Beyer, J. Sauer, H. Schwarz
  
• Photosynthetic water oxidation at elevated dioxygen partial pressure monitored by time-resolved X-ray absorption measurements; Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2008, 105, 17384-17389
  M. Haumann, A. Grundmeier, I. Zaharieva, H. Dau
  
• Chromophore structure of cyanobacterial phytochrome Cph1 in the Pr state: reconciling structural and spectroscopic data by QM/MM calculations; Biophys. J. 2009, 96, 4153-4163
  M. A. Mroginski, D. von Stetten. F. Velazquez Escobar, H. M. Strauss, S. Kaminski, P. Scheerer, M. Günther, D. H. Murgida, P. Schmieder, C. Bongards, W. Gärtner, J. Maillet, J. Hughes, L. O. Essen, P. Hildebrandt
  
• Monitoring catalysis of the membrane-bound hydrogenase from Ralstonia eutropha H16 by surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 611-613
  N. Wisitruangsakul, O. Lenz, M. Ludwig, B. Friedrich, F. Lendzian, P. Hildebrandt, I. Zebger
  
• Novel Au-Ag Hybrid Device for Electrochemical SE(R)R Spectroscopy in a Wide Potential and Spectral Range; Nano Lett. 2009, 9, 298-303
  J.-J. Feng, U. Gernert, M. Sezer, U. Kuhlmann, D. H. Murgida, C. David, M. Richter, A. Knorr, P. Hildebrandt, I. M. Weidinger
  
• Photosynthetic hydrogen production by a hybrid complex of photosystem I and [NiFe]-hydrogenase; ACS Nano 2009, 3, 4055-4061
  H. Krassen, A. Schwarze, B. Friedrich, K. Ataka, O. Lenz, J. Heberle
  
• Analysis of attainable reactor performance for the oxidative methane coupling process; Chem. Eng. Sci. 2010, 65, 6341-6352
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• Charge-Mediated Adsorption Behavior of CO on MgO-Supported Au Clusters, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 7745–7749
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• From silicon(II)-based dioxygen activation to adducts of elusive dioxasiliranes and sila-ureas stable at room temperature, Nat. Chem. 2010, 2, 577–580
  Y. Xiong, S. Yao, R. Müller, M. Kaupp, M. Driess
  
• In Vivo Double and Triple Labeling of Proteins Using Synthetic Amino Acids, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 5446–5450
  N. Budisa, L. Merkel, S. Lepthien
  
• In Vivo Double and Triple Labeling of Proteins Using Synthetic Amino Acids; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 5446-5450
  S. Lepthien, L. Merkel, N. Budisa
  
• Induced SER-activity in nanostructured Ag–silica–Au Supports via Long Range Plasmon Coupling, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2010, 20, 1954–1961
  J. J. Feng, U. Gernert, P. Hildebrandt, I. Weidinger
  
• Monooxygenase-Like Reactivity of an Unprecedented Heterobimetallic {FeO2Ni} Moiety; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 7054-7058
  S. Yao, C. Herwig, Y. Xiong, A. Company, E. Bill, C. Limberg, M. Driess
  
• Probing the active site of an O2-tolerant NAD+-reducing [NiFe]-hydrogenase from Ralstonia eutropha H16 by in situ EPR and FTIR spectroscopy; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 8026-8029
  M. Horch, L. Lauterbach, M. Saggu, P. Hildebrandt, F. Lendzian, R. Bittl, O. Lenz, I. Zebger
  
• Redox properties and catalytic activity of surfacebound human sulfite oxidase studied by a combined surface enhanced resonance Raman spectroscopic and electrochemical approach; Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2010, 12, 7894-7903
  M. Sezer, R. Spricigo, T. Utesch, D. Millo, S. Leimkühler, M. A. Mroginski, U. Wollenberger, P. Hildebrandt, I. M. Weidinger
  
• Temperature-Dependent Morphology, Magnetic and Optical Properties of Li-Doped MgO; ChemCatChem 2010, 2, 854-862
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• The Mechanism of Water Oxidation: From Electrolysis via Homogenous to Biological Catalysis ChemCatChem, 2010, 2, 724–761
  H. Dau, C. Limberg, T. Reier, M. Risch, S. Roggan, P. Strasser
  
• Ultrafast optogenetics: precise neural control beyond the gamma band Nat. Neurosci. 2010, 13, 387-393
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• A Critical Assessment of Li/MgO-Based Catalysts for the Oxidative Coupling of Methane, Cat. Rev. Sci. Eng. 2011, 53, 424–514
  S. Arndt, G. Laugel, S. Levchenko, R. Horn, M. Baerns, M. Scheffler, R. Schlögl, R. Schomäcker
  
• A Molecular Precursor Approach to Tunable Porous Tin-Rich Indium Tin Oxide with Durable High Electrical Conductivity for Bioelectronic Devices; Chem. Mater. 2011, 23, 1798-1804
  Y. Aksu, S. Frasca, U. Wollenberger, M. Driess, A. Thomas
  
• A unique iron-sulfur cluster is crucial for oxygen tolerance of a [NiFe]-hydrogenase; Nat. Chem. Biol. 2011, 7, 310-318
  T. Goris, A. Wait, M. Saggu, J. Fritsch, N. Heidary, M. Stein, I. Zebger, F. Lendzian, F. Armstrong, B. Friedrich, O. Lenz
  
• Carbon dioxide capture for the oxidative coupling of methane process – a case study in mini-plant scale; Chem. Eng. Res. Des. 2011,1261-1270
  S. Stünkel, A. Drescher, J. Wind, T. Brinkmann, J.-U. Repke, G. Wozny
  
• CO oxidation as a prototypical reaction for heterogeneous processes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 10064 -10094
  H. Freund, G. Meijer, M. Scheffler, R. Schlögl, M. Wolf
  
• Dinuclear Copper Complexes Based on Parallel β-Diiminato Binding Sites and their Reactions with O2 - Evidence for a Cu-O-Cu Entity; Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 2133-2142
  P. Haack, C. Limberg, K. Ray, B. Braun, U. Kuhlmann, P. Hildebrandt, C. Herwig
  
• Heterologous expression, biosynthesis and mutagenesis of type II lantibiotics from Bacillus licheniformis in Escherichia coli; Chem. Biol. 2011, 18, 90-100
  T. Caetano, J. Krawczyk, E. Mösker, R. D. Süssmuth, S. Mendo
  
• Li-doped MgO From Different Preparative Routes for the Oxidative Coupling of Methane, Top. Catal. 2011, 54, 1266–2285
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• Lithium as Modifier for Morphology and Defect Structure of Porous Magnesium Oxide Materials Prepared by Gel Combustion Synthesis, ChemCatChem 2011, 3, 1179–1788
  U. Zavyalova, G. Weinberg, W. Frandsen, F. Girgsdies, T. Risse, K. P. Dinse, R. Schlögl, R. Horn
  
• Neocortical excitation/inhibition balance in information processing and social dysfunction, Nature 2011, 477, 171-178
  O. Yizhar, L. E. Fenno, M. Prigge, F. Schneider, T. J. Davidson, D. J. O'Shea, V. S. Sohal, I. Goshen, J. Finkelstein, J. T. Paz, K. Stehfest, R. Fudim, C. Ramakrishnan, J. R. Huguenard, P. Hegemann, K. Deisseroth
  
• Structural Diversity and Flexibility of MgO Gas-Phase Clusters; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 1716-1719
  K. Kwapien, M. Sierka, J. Döbler, J. Sauer, M. Haertelt, A. Fielicke, G. Meijer
  
• Synthetic manganese-calcium oxides mimic the water-oxidizing complex of photosynthesis functionally and structurally, Energ, Environ. Sci. 2011, 4, 2400–2408
  I. Zaharieva, M. M. Najafpour, M. Wiechen, M. Haumann, P. Kurz, H. Dau
  
• The Conversion of Nickel-Bound CO to an Acetyl Thioester: Organometallic Chemistry Relevant to the Acetyl Co-enzyme A Synthase Ac-tive Site, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 12621–12625
  B. Horn, C. Limberg, C. Herwig, S. Mebs
  
• The crystal structure of an oxygen-tolerant hydrogenase unmasks a novel ironsulphur centre; Nature 2011, 479, 249–252
  J. Fritsch, P. Scheerer, S. Frielingsdorf, S. Kroschinsky, B. Friedrich, O. Lenz, C. M. Spahn
  
• A Janus cobalt-based catalytic material for electro-splitting of water, Nat. Mater. 2012, 11, 802–807
  S. Cobo, J. Heidkamp, P. A. Jacques, J. Fize, V. Fourmond, L. Guetaz, B. Jousselme, V. Ivanova, H. Dau, S. Palacin, M. Fontecave, V. Artero
  
• A Photochromic Histidine Kinase Rhodopsin (HKR1) That Is Bimodally Switched by Ultraviolet and Blue Light, J. Biol. Chem. 2012, 287, 40083–40090
  M. Luck, T. Mathes, S. Bruun, R. Fudim, R. Hagedorn, T. M. Tran Nguyen, S. Kateriya, J. T. M. Kennis, P. Hildebrandt, P. Hegemann
  
• Characterization and Quantification of Reduced Sites on Supported Vanadium Oxide Catalysts using High-Frequencey Electron Paramagnetic Resonance, ChemCatChem 2012, 4, 641– 652, 51, 6246–6250
  A. Dinse, C. Carrero, A. Ozarowski, R. Schomäcker, R. Schlögl, K. P. Dinse
  
• Congeneric Lantibiotics from Ribosomal In Vivo Peptide Synthesis with Noncanonical Amino Acids, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 415–418
  F. Oldach, R. Al Toma, A. Kuthning, T. Caetano, S. Mendo, N. Budisa, R. Süssmuth
  
• Experimental investigation of fluidizedbed reactor performance for oxidative coupling of methane, J. Nat. Gas Chem. 2012, 21, 534–543
  S. Jaso, S. Sadjadi, H. R. Godini, U. Simon, S. Arndt, O. Görke, A. Berthold, H. Arellano- Garcia, H. Schubert, R. Schomäcker, G. Wozny
  
• Lessons from isolable nickel(I) precursor complexes for small molecule activation, Acc. Chem. Res. 2012, 45, 276–287
  S. Yao, M. Driess
  
• Mesoporous Nitrogen-Doped Carbon for the Electrocatalytic Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 4072–4075
  T. P. Fellinger, F. Hasché, P. Strasser, M. Antonietti
  
• Polymeric Graphitic Carbon Nitride for Hetero-geneous Photocatalysis ACS Catal. 2012, 2, 1596–1606
  X. Wang, S. Blechert, M. Antonietti
  
• Room temperature fentosecond X-ray diffraction of photosystem II microcrystals, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A 2012, 109, 9721–9726
  J. Kern, J. Hellmich, C. Glöckner, D. DiFiore, A. Zouni, V. Yachandra
  
• Size-Dependent Morphology of Dealloyed Bimetallic Catalysts: Linking the Nano to the Macro Scale, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 514–524
  M. Oezaslan, M. Heggen, P. Strasser
  
• A High-Valent Heterobimetallic [CuIII(μ-O)2NiIII]2+ Core with Nucleophilic Oxo Groups, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 5622
  S. Kundu, F. F. Pfaff, E. Miceli, I. Zaharieva, C. Herwig, S. Yao, E. R. Farquhar, U. Kuhlmann, E. Bill, P. Hildebrandt, H. Dau, M. Driess, C. Limberg, K. Ray
  
• Access to a CuII-O-CuII Motif: Spectroscopic Properties, Solution Structure, and Reactivity, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 16148-16160
  P. Haack, A. Kärgel, C. Greco, J. Dokic, B. Braun, F. F. Pfaff, S. Mebs, K. Ray, C. Limberg
  
• Active Mixed-Valent MnO Water Oxidation Catalysts through Partial Oxidation (Corrosion) of Nanostructured MnO Particles, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 13206–13210
  A. Indra, P. W. Menezes, I. Zaharieva, E. Baktash, J. Pfrommer, M. Schwarze, H. Dau, M. Driess
  
• Adsorption, Activation, and Dissociation of Oxygen on Doped Oxides, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 11385–11387
  Y. Cui, X. Shao, M. Baldofski, J. Sauer, N. Nilius, H. J. Freund
  
• Electro- and Photochemical Water Oxidation on Ligand-free Co3O4 Nanoparticles with Tunable Sizes, ACS Catal. 2013, 3, 383-388
  M. Grzelczak, J. S. Zhang, J. Pfrommer, J. Hartmann, M. Driess, M. Antonietti, X. C. Wang
  
• Redox-Dependent Structural Transformations of the [4Fe-3S] Proximal Cluster in O2-Tolerant Membrane-Bound [NiFe]-Hydrogenase: A DFT Study, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 11809–11823
  V. Pelmenschikov, M. Kaupp
  
• Resonance Raman spectroscopy as a novel tool to monitor the active site of hydrogenases: new insights into structure and reactivity, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 5162–5165
  E. Siebert, M. Horch, Y. Rippers, J. Fritsch, S. Frielingsdorf, O. Lenz, F. Velazquez Escobar, F. Siebert, L. Paasche, U. Kuhlmann, F. Lendzian, M. A. Mroginski, I. Zebger, P. Hildebrandt
  
• Ribosomally synthesized and posttranslationally modified natural products: overview and recommendations for a universal nomenclature Nat. Prod. Rep. 2013, 30, 108–160
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• Simultaneous Femtosecond X-ray Spectroscopy and Diffraction of Photosystem II at Room Temperature, Science 2013, 340, 491–495
  J. Kern, R. Alonso-Mori, R. Tran, J. Hattne, R. J. Gildea, N. Echols, C. Glockner, J. Hellmich, H. Laksmono, R. G. Sierra, B. Lassalle-Kaiser, S. Koroidov, A. Lampe, G. Han, S. Gul, D. DiFiore, D. Milathianaki, A. R. Fry, A. Zouni et al.
  
• Visualizing the substrate-, superoxo-, alkylperoxo-, and product-bound states at the nonheme Fe(II) site of homogentisate dioxygenase, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2013, 110, 12625–12630
  J. H. Jeoung, M. Bommer, T. Y. Lin, H. Dobbek
  
• A Molecular Approach to Self-Supported Cobalt-Substituted ZnO Materials as Remarkably Stable Electrocatalysts for Water Oxidation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 5183–5187
  J. Pfrommer, M. Lublow, A. Azarpira, C. Göbel, M. Lücke, A. Steigert, M. Pogrzeba, P. W. Menezes, A. Fischer, T. Schedel-Niedrig, M. Driess
  
• ATP-induced electron transfer by redox-selective partner recognition, Nat. Commun 2014, 5, Article No 4626
  S. E. Hennig, S. Goetzl, J. H. Jeoung, M. Bommer, F. Lendzian, P. Hildebrandt, H. Dobbek
  
• Critical Literature Review of the Kinetics for the Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane over Well-Defined Supported Vanadium Oxide Catalysts, ACS Catal. 2014, 4, 3357−3380
  C. A. Carrero, R. Schlögl, I. E. Wachs, R. Schomäcker
  
• Engineering of a red-light-activated human cAMP/cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase P. Hegemann, S. Ryu, F. Wunder, A. Möglich , Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2014, 111, 8803-8808
  C. Gasser, S. Taiber, C. M. Yeh, C. H. Wittig
  
• Enhanced catalytic performance of MnxOy–Na2WO4/SiO2 for the oxidative coupling of methane using an ordered mesoporous silica support, Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 14440-14442
  M. Yildiz, Y. Aksu, U. Simon, K. Kailasam, O. Goerke, F. Rosowski, R. Schomäcker, A. Thomas, S. Arndt
  
• Insight into the Mechanism of Carbonyl Hydrosilylation Catalyzed by Brookhart’s Cationic Iridium(III) Pincer Complex, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 6912–6915
  T. T. Metsänen, P. Hrobárik, H. F. T. Klare, M. Kaupp, M. Oestreich
  
• Native-like Photosystem II Superstructure at 2.44 Å Resolution through Detergent Extraction from the Protein Crystal, Structure 2014, 22, 1607–1615
  J. Hellmich, M. Bommer, A. Burkhardt, M. Ibrahim, J. Kern, A. Meents, F. Müh, H. Dobbek, A. Zouni
  
• Redox Non-Innocence of a N-Heterocyclic Nitrenium Cation Bound to a Nickel–Cyclam Core, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 582–585
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• Resonance Raman Spectroscopy on [NiFe] Hydrogenase Provides Structural Insights into Catalytic Inter-mediates and Reactions, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 9870−9873
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• Reversible [4Fe-3S] cluster morphing in an O2-tolerant [NiFe] hydrogenase, Nat. Chem. Biol. 2014, 10, 378–385
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• Sites for Methane Activation on Lithium-Doped Magnesium Oxide Surfaces, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 8774–8778
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• Taking snapshots of photosynthetic water oxidation using femtosecond X-ray diffraction and spectroscopy, Nat. Commun 2014, 5, Article No 4371
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• Unification of Catalytic Water Oxidation and Oxygen Reduction Reactions: Amorphous Beat Crystalline Cobalt Iron Oxides J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 17530–17536
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• High-Performance Oxygen Redox Catalysis with Multifunctional Cobalt Oxide Nanochains: Morphology-Dependent Activity, ACS Catal. 2015, 5, 2017-2027
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• How the [NiFe4S4] Cluster of CO Dehydrogenase Activates CO2 and NCO-. Angew Chem Int. Ed. 2015; 54, 8560-8564
  J. Fesseler, J. H. Jeoung, H. Dobbek
  
• Miniature direct electron transfer based sulphite/oxygen enzymatic fuel cells, Biosens. Bioelectron. 2015, 66, 39-42
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• Peripheral mechanism of a carbonyl hydrosilylation catalysed by an SiNSi iron pincer complex, Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 7143-7149
  T. T. Mätsenen, D. Gallego, T. Szilvasi, M. Driess, M. Oestreich
  
• Quantifying the density and utilization of active sites in non-precious metal oxygen electroreduction catalysts, Nat. Commun. 2015, 6, 8618
  N. R. Sahraie, U. I. Kramm, J. Steinberg, Y. J. Zhang, A. Thomas, T. Reier, J. P. Paraknowitsch, P. Strasser
  
• Reversible active site sulfoxygenation can explain the oxygen tolerance of a NAD+-reducing [NiFe] hydrogenase and its unusual infrared spectroscopic properties, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 2555-2564
  M. Horch, L. Lauterbach, M. A. Mroginski, P. Hildebrandt, O. Lenz, I. Zebger
  
• Structural insights into the incorporation of the Mo cofactor into sulfite oxidase from site directed spin labelling, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 11865-11869
  A. Hahn, C. Engelhard, S. Reschke, C. Teutloff, R. Bittl, S. Leimkühler, T. Risse
  
• An Evolutionarily Adapted Escherichia coli Strain Produces a New-to-nature Bioactive Lantibiotic Containing Thienopyrrole-Alanine, Sci. Rep. 2016, 6, e33447
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• Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 9398–9401
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