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Redox Processes Involving Oxygen: The Surprising Influence of Redox-Inactive Lewis Acids

Year: 2024

Type: review

Abstract: center is crucial in the Oxygen Evolving Complex, and yet particularly intriguing given that the transformation catalyzed by this cluster is a redox process involving four electrons. Therefore, the effects of redox inactive metals on redox processes-electron transfer, oxygen- and hydrogen-atom transfer, and O-O bond cleavage and formation reactions-mediated by transition metals have been studied extensively. Significant effects of redox inactive metals have been observed on these redox transformations; linear free energy correlations between Lewis acidity and the redox properties of synthetic model complexes are observed for several reactions. In this Perspective, these effects and their relevance to multielectron processes will be discussed.

Source: JACS Au

DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.3c00675

Authors: Davide Lionetti, Sandy Suseno, Angela A. Shiau, Graham de Ruiter, Theodor Agapie

Institution: California Institute of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms

Subfield: Inorganic Chemistry

Field: Chemistry

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,500

Funders: National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, Division of Chemistry