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Mononuclear Cu–O2 Complexes: Geometries, Spectroscopic Properties, Electronic Structures, and Reactivity

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: Using interwoven experimental and theoretical methods, detailed studies of several structurally defined 1:1 Cu-O 2 complexes have provided important fundamental chemical information useful for understanding the nature of intermediates involved in aerobic oxidations in synthetic and enzymatic copper-mediated catalysis. In particular, these studies have shed new light on the factors that influence the mode of O 2 coordination (end-on vs side-on) and the electronic structure, which can vary between Cu(II)-superoxo and Cu(III)-peroxo extremes.

Source: Accounts of Chemical Research

DOI: 10.1021/ar700008c

Authors: Christopher J. Cramer, William B. Tolman

Institution: University of Minnesota

Language: English

Topic: Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms

Subfield: Inorganic Chemistry

Field: Chemistry

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Awards: Synthetic Modeling of Copper Protein Active Sites, G5604796527, Synthetic Modeling of Copper Protein Active Sites