Biomimetic catalysis - with and without metals

Albrecht Berkessel
Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität zu Köln, Greinstrasse 4
50939 Köln, Germany



Part of our work is aimed at the development of novel catalysts for the selective transformation of organic substrates. One source of inspiration are the enzymes, the three-dimensional structures of their active sites and their mechanisms of action. This lecture will focus on recent results in the modelling of peroxidases and metal-free hydrogenases.


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