Oxidation activity of hydroperoxo-copper(II) complex as a DβH

Theoretical study of the hydroxylation of phenols mediated by an end-on bound superoxo–copper(II) complex

“…Moreover, the X-ray structure of PHM at 1.85 Å resolution, [2] processing at the mononuclear copper reaction centers in biological systems. [5,[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] The mononuclear copper(II)-hydroperoxo (H) and copper(II)-superoxo species (S) have been widely investigated using several model compounds [5,[16][17][18][19][22][23][24][25][26][27] LCu(I) This superoxo complex also reacts with a number of mono-and diphenolic substrates to the corresponding oxygenated and oxidized products, respectively, including phenoxyl radicals and the C-C coupled products that are typical for copper-dioxygen systems.…”