The phenol ortho-oxygenation by mononuclear copper(i) complexes requires a dinuclear µ-η2∶η2-peroxodicopper(ii) complex rather than mononuclear CuO2 species
Chemical Communications2003Iss. 6, pp. 726–727
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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.
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