COPPER/DIOXYGEN (BIO)INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Edward I. Solomon
Department of Chemistry, Stanford University
Copper active sites in (Bio)Inorganic Chemistry are involved in reversible dioxygen
binding, O2 activation for electrophilic aromatic attack and hydrogen atom abstraction,
and the four electron reduction of O2 to water.
These have unique spectroscopic
features reflecting novel geometric and electronic structures that are key to reactivity.
This presentation will provide an overview of this chemistry/spectroscopy/electronic
structure/reactivity and extend the concepts developed to the active site in oxygenactivated Cu/ZSM-5 which selectively oxidizes methane to methanol at low temperature.