title: The phenol ortho-oxygenation by mononuclear copper(I) complexes requires a dinuclear mu-eta2:eta2-peroxodicopper(II) complex rather than mononuclear CuO2 species.
abstract: The mononuclear complex [Cu(L)]+ performs the ortho-oxygenation of an exogeneous phenol through the formation of a dinuclear mu-eta2:eta2-peroxodicopper(II) intermediate, which is so far the only type of copper-dioxygen complex that mediates the tyrosinase monophenolase reaction.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica Generale, Università di Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Battaini
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Carolis
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Monzani
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tuczek
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Casella