Bioinorganic chemistry of nickel and carbon dioxide: an Ni complex behaving as a model system for carbon monoxide dehydrogenase enzyme

Abstract

In this paper we report the results of our studies on Ni complexes, the chemistry of which is relevant to the carbon monoxide dehydrogenase (CODH) enzyme of acetogenic bacteria. A single Ni system is able to promote both the reduction of carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide and the subsequent coupling of bound CO with an oletin and a thio group to afford an organic thioester, mimicking the enzyme activity.