Copper dioxygen (bio)inorganic chemistry
Edward I Solomon1, Jake W Ginsbach, David E Heppner
1Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, 333 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. edward.solomon@stanford.edu
Abstract:
Cu/O2 intermediates in biological, homogeneous, and heterogeneous catalysts exhibit unique spectral features that reflect novel geometric and electronic structures that make significant contributions to reactivity. This review considers how the respective intermediate electronic structures overcome the spin-forbidden nature of O2 binding, activate O2 for electrophilic aromatic attack and H-atom abstraction, catalyze the 4 e- reduction of O2 to H2O, and discusses the role of exchange coupling between Cu ions in determining reactivity.
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