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Hydrogen Bonds Dictate O 2 Capture and Release within a Zinc Tripod

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: Six directed hydrogen bonding (H-bonding) interactions allow for the reversible capture and reduction of dioxygen to a trans-1,2-peroxo within a tripodal zinc(II) framework. Spectroscopic studies of the dizinc peroxides, as well as on model zinc diazides, suggest H-bonding contributions serve a dominant role for the binding/activation of these small molecules.

Source: Journal of the American Chemical Society

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b04266

Authors: Eric W. Dahl, John J. Kiernicki, Matthias Zeller, Nathaniel K. Szymczak

Institutions: University of Michigan, Purdue University West Lafayette

Language: English

Topic: Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms

Subfield: Inorganic Chemistry

Field: Chemistry

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Award: The Role of Secondary Interactions Relevant to Biological Reductions of Small Molecules