Structural studies on dicopper(ii) compounds with catechol oxidase activityElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: S1–S3: titration data; S4: experimental; S5: colour version of Fig. 1. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b0/b008714i/

Abstract

The X-ray crystal structures of three low molecular weight models of catechol oxidase with three different coordination modes are reported; and the compound with a bridging catecholate is shown to be the catalytically most active form.