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 O 2 transport (hemocyanin, Hc), 4 aromatic …

The NH3-mediated selective catalytic reduction (NH3-SCR) of NOx over Cu-ion-exchanged
chabazite (Cu-CHA) catalysts is the basis of the technology for abatement of NOx from …

The dinuclear copper enzyme, tyrosinase, activates O2 to form a (μ‐η2: η2‐peroxido)
dicopper (II) species, which hydroxylates phenols to catechols. However, the exact …

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 …

Copper ion is a versatile and ubiquitous facilitator of redox chemical and biochemical
processes. These include the binding of molecular oxygen to copper (I) complexes where it …

In nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions involving alkyl substrates, catalysts supported
by N-donor ligands are proposed to involve paramagnetic Ni (I) and Ni (III) species as key …

Water oxidation catalysis stands out as one of the most important reactions to design
practical devices for artificial photosynthesis. Use of late first-row transition metal (TM) …

Accurately describing the relative energetics of alternative bis (μ-oxo) and μ-η2: η2 peroxo
isomers of Cu2O2 cores supported by 0, 2, 4, and 6 ammonia ligands is remarkably …

Copper (I) and copper (II) complexes possessing a series of related ligands with pyridyl-
containing donors have been investigated. The ligands are tris (2-pyridylmethyl) amine …