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From Structural Models of Galactose Oxidase to Homogeneous Catalysis: Efficient Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols
Author(s) -
Chaudhuri Phalguni,
Hess Martina,
Flörke Ulrich,
Wieghardt Karl
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19980904)37:16<2217::aid-anie2217>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - galactose oxidase , chemistry , catalysis , homogeneous , galactose , alcohol oxidation , oxidative phosphorylation , oxidase test , oxidative coupling of methane , homogeneous catalysis , organic chemistry , photochemistry , enzyme , biochemistry , thermodynamics , physics
Two reaction pathways are catalyzed by the dinuclear copper( II )–phenoxyl complex 1 —a functional model for the metalloenzyme galactose oxidase—by the oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols with dioxygen (air) in homogeneous solution to their corresponding aldehydes or ketones and/or 1,2‐glycols (oxidative C–C coupling). The reduction product formed is H 2 O 2 , not water.