A longstanding research goal has been to understand the nature and role of copper–oxygen
intermediates within copper-containing enzymes and abiological catalysts. Synthetic …

On the basis of its generally accessible I/II redox couple and bioavailability, copper plays a
wide variety of roles in nature that mostly involve electron transfer (ET), O 2 binding …

Cu-exchanged zeolites possess active sites that are able to cleave the C–H bond of
methane at temperatures≤ 200° C, enabling its selective partial oxidation to methanol …

Metal-exchanged zeolites are a class of heterogeneous catalysts that perform important
functions ranging from selective hydrocarbon oxidation to remediation of NO x pollutants …

Heme-copper oxidases (HCOs) are terminal enzymes on the mitochondrial or bacterial
respiratory electron transport chain, which utilize a unique heterobinuclear active site to …

Catalytic conversion of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) to more toxic hydroxyl radicals (• OH) is a
good choice for sterilization and anti-infection, but endogenous H2O2 is insufficient to …

Cu-exchanged small-pore zeolites (CHA and AEI) form methanol from methane (> 95%
selectivity) using a 3-step cyclic procedure (Wulfers et al. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 4447 …

Driven by the depletion of crude oil, the direct oxidation of methane to methanol has been of
considerable interest. Promising low-temperature activity of an oxygen-activated zeolite, Cu …

Conspectus In this Account, we overview and highlight synthetic bioinorganic chemistry
focused on initial adducts formed from the reaction of reduced ligand–copper (I) …

The reactions of Cu (I) complexes with O2 and the oxidative properties of the resulting
Cu/O2 complexes have attracted much interest during the past decades because of their …