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SUBMITTER: Fu L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6864814 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fu Liye L Simakova Antonina A Park Sangwoo S Wang Yi Y Fantin Marco M Matyjaszewski Krzysztof K
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20191102 21
Copper is the most common metal catalyst used in atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), but iron is an excellent alternative due to its natural abundance and low toxicity compared to copper. In this work, two new iron-porphyrin-based catalysts inspired by naturally occurring proteins, such as horseradish peroxidase, hemoglobin, and cytochrome P450, were synthesized and tested for ATRP. Natural protein structures were mimicked by attaching imidazole or thioether groups to the porphyrin, lea ...[more]