New 1,4,7-triazacyclononane-based functional analogues of the Fe/Cu active site of cytochrome c oxidase: structure, spectroscopy and electrocatalytic reduction of oxygen
Abstract
Two new covalently linked functional model compounds for the Fea3/CuB active sites of heme-copper oxidases have been prepared and characterized by novel synthetic methodologies; the X-ray structure of the Zn form and the electrocatalytic reduction of O2 by the Fe/Cu forms are reported.