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

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 …

1.1. Background Copper proteins that bind and/or activate dioxygen perform a variety of
critical biological functions. 1-3 These include O2 transport (hemocyanin, Hc), 4 aromatic …

In an era dominated by the utilization of hydrocarbon mixtures (ie, oil and natural gas) as
feedstocks for the chemical industry, the functionalization of CH bonds, particularly in a …

Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR), which produces valuable fuels and
chemicals under near‐neutral conditions, offers a renewable approach to alleviate the …

As the terminal step in Photosystem II (PSII), and a potential half-reaction for artificial
photosynthesis, water oxidation (2 H2O! O2+ 4H++ 4eÀ) is a key reaction, but it imposes a …

Although quite a familiar feature in high‐valent manganese chemistry, the M2 (μ‐O) 2
diamond core motif has only recently been found in synthetic complexes for M= Cu or Fe …

Understanding the mechanisms of dioxygen activation at the metal centers is important for
unraveling the mechanisms of metal-containing oxidases and oxygenases, synthesizing …

This Handbook on Metalloproteins focuses on the available structural information of proteins
and their metal ion coordination spheres. It centers on the metal ions indispensable for life …

The synthesis, single crystal X-ray crystallographic, magnetic and electrochemical
characterization of eight representative symmetric and unsymmetric complexes as structural …