Metal-oxo-mediated O-O bond formation reactions in chemistry and biology

✍ Scribed by Kundu, Subrata; Schwalbe, Matthias; Ray, Kallol

• Book ID: 120185978
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 845 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 2191-2483
• DOI: 10.1515/irm-2012-0004

✦ Synopsis

O-O bond formation is one of the key reactions that ensure life on earth. Dioxygen is produced in photosystem II, as well as in chlorite dismutase. The reaction mechanisms occurring in the enzyme active sites are controversially discussed -although their structures have been resolved with less unambiguity. Artificial molecular catalysts have been developed in the last years to obtain vital insights into the O-O bond formation step. This review put together the scarce literature on the topic that helped in understanding the key steps in the O-O bond formation reactions mediated by high-valent oxo complexes of the first-row transition metals.