title: Copper dioxygen (bio)inorganic chemistry.
abstract: Cu/O2 intermediates in biological, homogeneous, and heterogeneous catalysts exhibit unique spectral features that reflect novel geometric and electronic structures that make significant contributions to reactivity. This review considers how the respective intermediate electronic structures overcome the spin-forbidden nature of O2 binding, activate O2 for electrophilic aromatic attack and H-atom abstraction, catalyze the 4 e- reduction of O2 to H2O, and discusses the role of exchange coupling between Cu ions in determining reactivity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, 333 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. edward.solomon@stanford.edu
authors.forename: Edward I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Solomon
authors.forename: Jake W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Ginsbach
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Heppner
authors.forename: Matthew T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Kieber-Emmons
authors.forename: Christian H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Kjaergaard
authors.forename: Pieter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Smeets
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Julia S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Woertink
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D008697:Methane / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D003300:Copper; D008697:Methane; D010100:Oxygen