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SUBMITTER: Solomon EI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3062954 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Solomon Edward I EI Ginsbach Jake W JW Heppner David E DE Kieber-Emmons Matthew T MT Kjaergaard Christian H CH Smeets Pieter J PJ Tian Li L Woertink Julia S JS
Faraday discussions 20110101
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 bet ...[more]