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COMPTES RENDUS CHIMIE
Volume 10, Issue 4-5, Pages 421-432Publisher
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.crci.2006.09.014
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bioinorganic chemistry; bimetallic complexes; copper; oxidations; enzyme mimics
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New dicopper(II) complexes with pyrazolate-derived compartmental ligands that bear pyridyl or triazacyclononane chelate arms have been prepared and fully characterized, including several single-crystal X-ray analyses. These complexes complement a series of dicopper compounds with related pyrazolate ligands reported earlier. Modifications of the ligand scaffold are shown to control molecular features such as the (CuCu)-Cu-. . . separation and electronic and spectroscopic properties. Catecholase activity of the new complexes has been probed using 3,5-di-tert-butylcatechol (DTBC) as the test substrate, revealing Michaelis-Menten-type kinetics with drastic differences in activity for the assortment of complexes. Their common skeletal motif based on the pyrazolate bridge allowed us to deduce some relationship between activity and (CuCu)-Cu-. . . separation as well as Cu-II/Cu-I redox potentials. A dramatic effect of the buffer medium on reactivity has been observed.
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