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

Heme-copper oxidases (HCOs) are terminal enzymes on the mitochondrial or bacterial
respiratory electron transport chain, which utilize a unique heterobinuclear active site to …

Conspectus In this Account, we overview and highlight synthetic bioinorganic chemistry
focused on initial adducts formed from the reaction of reduced ligand–copper (I) …

Natural carbohydrate polymers such as starch, cellulose, and chitin provide renewable
alternatives to fossil fuels as a source for fuels and materials. As such, there is considerable …

A structural unit found in the active site of some copper proteins, the histidine brace, is
comprised of an N-terminal histidine that chelates a single copper ion through its amino …

Oxidative stress is linked to the etiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common
cause of dementia in the elderly. Redox active metal ions such as copper catalyze the …

Copper complexes are highly versatile species that find promising uses in broad fields such
as catalysis, drug design, and bioinorganic applications. However, copper complexes …

A CuI catalyst (1), supported by a framework of strongly basic guanidinato moieties,
mediates nitrene-transfer from PhI NR sources to a wide variety of aliphatic hydrocarbons …

[(L) CuII (O2•–)]+(ie, cupric-superoxo) complexes, as the first and/or key reactive
intermediates in (bio) chemical Cu-oxidative processes, including in the monooxygenases …

The kinetics and mechanism (s) of the reactions of [K (Krypt)][LCuO2](Krypt= 4, 7, 13, 16, 21,
24-hexaoxa-1, 10-diazabicyclo [8.8. 8] hexacosane, L= a bis (arylcarboxamido) pyridine …