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SUBMITTER: Wang D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5730068 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Inorganic chemistry 20171103 22
The oxidation of water (H<sub>2</sub>O) to dioxygen (O<sub>2</sub>) is important in natural photosynthesis. One of nature's strategies for managing such multi-electron transfer reactions is to employ redox-active metal-organic cofactor arrays. One prototype example is the copper tyrosinate active site found in galactose oxidase. In this work, we have implemented such a strategy to develop a bio-inspired nickel phenolate complex capable of catalyzing the oxidation of H<sub>2</sub>O to O<sub>2</su ...[more]