“…Contrary to their low significance in living systems, a large portion of the compounds reported to exhibit “catalase-like” activity are manganese complexes, mainly because of their potential application as therapeutics . Catalase models that were built around iron(III) centers were mostly based on heme-type structures; , non-heme iron complexes have been much less investigated for their catalase activity or, more general, “oxygen-activation” properties. − However, although these compounds decompose H 2 O 2 , − the notation “catalase mimic” in our view often appears to be rather euphemistic. Most of the published models have inherent serious deficiences with respect to the preferred characteristics of a “good” catalase mimic, that is, water-solubility, quantitative O 2 production obeying the stoichiometry of eq 1, catalytic activity at physiological pH values (pH 7 ± 1) and micromolar catalyst and H 2 O 2 concentrations, and low activity as oxygenating (peroxidase-like) agent .…”