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

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 O2 transport (hemocyanin, Hc), 4 aromatic …

Although the β-diketonato1 I and β-enaminoketonato2, 3 II ligands are among the most
ubiquitous chelating systems in coordination chemistry, the isoelectronic β-diketiminato …

The slow oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) kinetics on Pt catalysts is among the most limiting
factors in the energy conversion efficiency of the state-of-the-art PEMFC. Also, Pt is scarcely …

While β-diketiminate (BDI or 'nacnac') ligands have been widely adopted to stabilize a wide
range of metal ions in multiple oxidation states and coordination numbers, in several …

In situ XAFS combined with UV− vis− near-IR spectroscopy are used to identify the active
site in copper-loaded ZSM-5 responsible for the catalytic decomposition of NO. Cu− ZSM-5 …

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 …

The structures and the O—O and M—O bonding characters of a series of reported side-on
(η2) 1: 1 metal complexes of O2 are analyzed by using density functional theory …

The easily electronically and sterically tunable β-diketiminates are widely used auxiliary
ligands for the creation of a wide range of metal complexes with various oxidation states in …