Accordion porphyrins: Hybrid models for heme and binuclear monooxygenases

✍ Scribed by W.Alexander Reiter; Aida Gerges; Shaoyung Lee; Tamboue Deffo; Thomas Clifford; Andrew Danby; Kristin Bowman-James

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 346 KB
• Volume: 174
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0010-8545
• DOI: 10.1016/s0010-8545(98)00118-0

✦ Synopsis

Busch, a revered colleague, friend, and mentor, on the occasion of his seventieth birthday. The idea for the ''accordion porphyrin'' originated after a phone conversation between K.B.-J. and Professor Busch almost 20 years ago. The subject of the conversation concerned exploring binuclear complexes as catalysts. Professor Busch's advice was to design a totally new ligand, which started thought processes about Nature's catalysts. While the original metal complexes were not successful catalysts, our more recent discoveries with regard to the manganese complexes have been rewarding. K.B.-J. would like to thank Professor Busch for that very sage advice.