The Meyer Group
Welcome to the Meyer Group!
INTRODUCTION
Many natural enzymes contain metal ions within their active sites, and such bioinorganic systems provide inspiration for the design of new types of catalysts for small molecule activation, and for substrate transformations relevant to sustainable energy scenarios. Research in our group contributes to understanding the functional principles of metalloenzymes, specifically through the characterization of reactive intermediates. Based on mechanistic insight, new bioinspired metal catalysts are developed, including electro- and photocatalytic systems. While synthesis is the cornerstone of most of our research, we apply a wide range of the state-of-art analytic and spectroscopic tools to address specific scientific questions, as well as for handling highly air-sensitive compounds.
(405) Probing Hydrogen Activation in a Dimetal Dihydride Complex by Symmetric Exchange with Parahydrogen
J. F. Matz, L. Kaltschnee, S. I. Mozzi, G. G. Rodriguez, A. Römer, R. A. Mata, I. Kuprov, F. Meyer, S. Glöggler J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148, 7181−7188
(403) Electrocatalytic Ammonia Oxidation with a Highly Preorganized Metal−Metal Cooperative Diruthenium Complex
M. Seiß, X. Chen, B. Yuan, S. Dechert, J. Roithová, S. Ye, F. Meyer ACS Catal. 2025, 15, 20531−20544
(402) The flexible behaviour of a trigonal arylimido iron complex
A. Gonzalez, A. Casnati, M. Willingshofer, A. Radovic, G. E. Cutsail III, S. Demeshko, F. Meyer, C. G. Werncke Chem. Commun. 2025, 61, 18440–18443
(401) Oxidatively Induced Reductive N2 Binding: A Dinickel-Bridging Bent N2 Radical Anion and Its Redox-Triggered N2 Release
S. I. Mozzi, D.-H. Manz, N. Ostermann, R. A. Schulz, P.-C. Duan, T. Kothe, M. Diefenbach, S. Dechert, S. Demeshko, V. Krewald, I. Siewert, F. Meyer J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 33679−33690
(400) Non-Heme Tri-Iron(II) Complex as a Precursor for Dioxygen Activation and Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysis
L. Sun, J. Gutierrez, D. Gatineau, R. Sanahuges, M. Curtil, C. Philouze, S. Dechert, S. Demeshko, T. A. Jackson, F. Meyer, C. Duboc, M. Gennari Inorg. Chem. 2025, 64, 16309−16322