Tris complex dioxygen production

For a catalytic reaction to be feasible, the product should be readily released from the metal complex in order that the cycle may continue. In other words, the substrate should coordinate more strongly than the product to the metal catalyst. A few catalytic oxidations are known. Thus, autoxidation of tri-phenylphosphine and terf-butyl isocyanide is catalyzed by several Group VIII metal-dioxygen complexes,487 490 e.g.,... 

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