Hemocyanin ligand interactions

Binuclear metal complexes are interesting from several points of view, in particular if it is possible to keep the two metal ions not to far from each other [1]. Under such conditions metal-metal interactions are expected and they should reflect themselves in their magnetic and electrochemical properties. In addition two metal ions kept at a fixed distance often allow the specifical binding of a bridging ligand and thus recognition of a molecule and sometimes also its activation. Thus they can be used as models for the study of the structure and reactivity of metalloproteins such as laccase, hemocyanin, hemerythrin and urease. 

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