This book provides an overview of bioinspired metal-sulfur catalysis by covering structures, activities and model complexes of enzymes exhibiting metal sulphur moieties in their active center.

PART I: PRIMORDIAL METAL-SULFUR MEDIATED REACTIONSFrom Chemical Invariance to Genetic VariabilityFe-S Clusters: Biogenesis and Redox, Catalytic and Regulatory PropertiesPART II: MODEL COMPLEXES OF THE ACTIVE SITE OF HYDROGENASES - PROTON AND DIHYDROGEN ACTIVATION[NiFe] Hydrogenases[Fe-Fe]Hydrogenases Models: An OverviewThe Third HydrogenaseDFT Investigation of Models Related to the Active Site of HydrogenasesMechanistic Aspects of Biological Hydrogen Evolution and UptakePART III: NITROGEN FIXATIONStructures and Functions of the Active Site of NitrogenasesModel Complexes of the Active Site of Nitrogenases: Recent AdvancesA Unified Chemical Mechanism for Hydrogenation Reactions Catalysed by NitrogenaseBinding Substrates to Synthetic Fe-S-Based Clusters and the Possible Relevance to NitrogenasesPART IV: MISCELLANEOUS: RCN ACTIVATION, DMSO REDUCTIONSulfur-Oxygenation and Functional Models of Nitrile HydrataseMolybdenum and Tungsten Oxidoreductase ModelsPART V: APPLICATIVE PERSPECITVESElectrode Materials and Artificial Photosynthetic Systems