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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
Volume 15, Issue 40, Pages 10316-10328Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200901910
Keywords
biomimetic chemistry; iron; O-O activation; oxygenation; reaction mechanisms
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- Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
- BMBF
- Dr. Otto Rohm Gedachtnisstiftung
- DFG
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The active centre of sMMO contains a diiron core ligated by histidine and glutamate residues, which is capable of catalysing a remarkable reaction: the oxidation of methane with O-2 yielding methanol. This review describes the results of efforts to prepare low-molecular-weight analogues of this active site directing towards 1) the assignment of the spectroscopic signatures identified for certain intermediates of the sMMO catalytic cycle to structural features and 2) the synthesis of molecular compounds that can mimic the reactivity. The historical development of the model chemistry, which is subdivided into structural and functional mimicking, is illustrated and achievements reached so far are highlighted.
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