Elucidating the Oxygen-Activation Mechanism in Nonheme MnII-, FeII-, or CoII-Containing MOFs Mimicking FeII/2-Oxoglutarate-Dependent Complexes
Ziyue Huang, Yingqi Li, Xiaotian Zhang, Xi Chen, Jiawei Xu, Haiyan Wei · 2026
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Ziyue Huang and five co-authors probe how metal frames wake oxygen in a 2026 study. A class of enzymes uses iron and a helper acid to split oxygen for hard chemical work. A metal-organic frame that mimics that enzyme was built of late, but how it wakes oxygen stayed unclear.
Math models of the frame's heart compared iron with two swaps, manganese and cobalt. All three wake oxygen by the enzyme's broad path, yet each lands at a distinct end state. Iron and cobalt form high-spin metal-oxygen units, while manganese stops one step short. The map guides mimics by metal pick.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ziyue Huang, Yingqi Li, Xiaotian Zhang, Xi Chen, Jiawei Xu, Haiyan Wei |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |