Molecular Oxygen Binding and Activation Oxidation Catalysis

Molecular Oxygen Binding and Activation Oxidation Catalysis 

The oxidase/oxygenase reactivity distinction will be used throughout the chapter. Molecular oxygen may also react via an autoxidation, single-electron mechanism, but the nonmetal-centered reactivity of dioxygen will not be discussed in this chapter. Rather, the focus shall be on the advancement of chemoselective reactions through modifications of the metal entered catalyst system. 

To achieve successful aerobic oxidation catalysis, the redox potential of the metal catalyst must be tuned for both substrate oxidation and turnover. A high 

Activation of SmaU Molecules. Edited by William B. Tolman 

Copyright 2006 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH Co. KGaA, Weinheim ISBN 3-527-31312-5 

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Cornell, C. N. Sigman, M. S. Molecular oxygen binding and activation oxidation catalysis. In Activation of Small Molecules , Tolman, W. B., Ed. Wiley-VCH Weinheim, 2006 pp 159-186. 

ISO 5 Molecular Oxygen Binding and Activation Oxidation Catalysis... 

The heterobimetallic complex [Os(N)Me(CH2SiMe3)(/r-0)Cr02] has been characterised structurally and shown to be active in the catalysis of the oxidation of benzyl alcohol by molecular oxygen. Kinetic data are consistent with a mechanism involving initial binding of the alcohol... 

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