Exceptional catalysts will be required to produce hydrogen and oxygen from water. Copying multinuclear metal complexes in enzymes is promising, but not the only route. A mononuclear ruthenium complex has been developed that both makes hydrogen and forms oxygen–oxygen bonds through a mechanism different to those in nature.
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Hammarström, L., Styring, S. Splitting with a difference. Nature Chem 1, 185–186 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.229
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