Dr. Claudio Greco
Claudio Greco was a junior scientist in Prof. Sauer's group. He has accepted an appointment at Milan-Bicocca University at Laboratory of Molecular Modelling (LMM) as a lecturer (Ricercatore) starting on 1 November 2012.
Research interests
Theoretical Bioinorganic Chemistry, hybrid quantum-classical modeling of metalloenzymes and quantum chemical studies of biomimetic organometallic compounds, bioinformatic analysis of protein structures and sequences.
Research Fields in UniCat
2011-2012: Research Field D1*, Research Field D3 and Research Field E3*
* Main Research Fields
Relevant News
Temperature dependence of the catalytic reduction of dioxygen by a cobalt complex
			 The synthesis and characterization of a hexanuclear cobalt complex involving a nonheme ligand system, supported on a Sn6O6 stannoxane core are reported by the UniCat groups of Holger Dau, Peter Hildebrandt, and Kallol Ray.
UniCat publications
| 2162  Temperature Dependence of the Catalytic Two- versus Four-Electron Reduction of Dioxygen by a Hexanuclear Cobalt Complex  I. Monte-Pérez, S. Kundu, A. Chandra, K. E. Craigo, P. Chernev, U. Kuhlmann, H. Dau, P. Hildebrandt, C. Greco, C. Van Stappen, N. Lehnert, K. Ray Journal of the American Chemical Society     2017, 139,  15033–15042, 10.1021/jacs.7b07127  | 
| 1285  Does the environment around the H-cluster allow coordination of the pendant amine to the catalytic iron center in [FeFe] hydrogenases? Answers from theory  T. Miyake, M. Bruschi, U. Cosentino, C. Baffert, V. Fourmond, C. Léger, G. Moro, L. Gioia, C. Greco JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry     2013, 18,  693–700, 10.1007/s00775-013-1014-4  | 
| 1284  Towards [NiFe]-hydrogenase biomimetic models that couple H2 binding with functionally relevant intramolecular electron transfers: a quantum chemical study  C. Greco Dalton Transactions     2013, 42,  13845–13854, 10.1039/C3DT50836F  | 
| 1283   H2 Binding and Splitting on a New-Generation [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Model Featuring a Redox-Active Decamethylferrocenyl Phosphine Ligand: A Theoretical Investigation   C. Greco Inorganic Chemistry     2013, 52,  1901–1908, 10.1021/ic302118h  | 
| 1279  Redox Non-Innocence of a N-Heterocyclic Nitrenium Cation Bound to a Nickel–Cyclam Core   F. Heims, F. F. Pfaff, S. L. Abram, E. R. Farquhar, M. Bruschi, C. Greco, K. Ray Journal of the American Chemical Society     2014, 136,  582–585, 10.1021/ja4099559  | 
| 1147   Access to a CuII–O–CuII Motif: Spectroscopic Properties, Solution Structure, and Reactivity   P. Haack, A. Kärgel, C. Greco, J. Dokic, B. Braun, F. F. Pfaff, S. Mebs, K. Ray, C. Limberg Journal of the American Chemical Society     2013, 135,  16148–16160, 10.1021/ja406721a  | 
| 976  Synthesis and Spectroscopic Characterisation of a Heterodinuclear Iron(III)-Copper(II) Complex Based on an Asymmetric Dinucleating Ligand System  F. Heims, V. Mereacre, A. Ciancetta, S. Mebs, A. K. Powell, C. Greco, K. Ray European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry     2012, 29,  4565–4569, 10.1002/ejic.201200156  | 
| 974  Lewis-acid Trapping of an Elusive Copper-Tosylnitrene Intermediate Using Scandium Triflate  S. Kundu, E. Miceli, E. Farquhar, F. F. Pfaff, U. Kuhlmann, P. Hildebrandt, B. Braun, C. Greco, K. Ray Journal of the American Chemical Society     2012, 134,  14710–14713, 10.1021/ja306674h  | 
| 789  Mechanistic and physiological implications of the interplay among iron-sulfur clusters in [FeFe]-hydrogenases. A QM/MM perspective  C. Greco, M. Bruschi, P. Fantucci, U. Ryde, L. De Gioia Journal of the American Chemical Society     2011, 133,  18742–18749, 10.1021/ja205542k  | 
| 417  BLUF Hydrogen network dynamics and UV/Vis spectra: A combined molecular dynamics and quantum chemical study  J. Götze, C. Greco, V. Bonacic-Koutecky, P. Saalfrank Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology     2012, 33,  2233–2242, 10.1002/jcc.23056  | 
