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Activation of Molecular Oxygen
Author(s) -
HenriciOlivé G.,
Olivé S.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.197400291
Subject(s) - oxygen , molecular oxygen , chemistry , kinetics , molecule , metal , transition metal , ligand (biochemistry) , oxygen atom , photochemistry , catalysis , organic chemistry , receptor , biochemistry , physics , quantum mechanics
Abstract Molecular oxygen as a ligand in transition metal complexes is of interest for biochemistry, and for inorganic and organometallic chemistry. Several examples of O 2 complexes, as well as the kinetics and mechanism of their formation are presented. The influence of other ligands on the activation of O 2 is discussed on the basis of a MO description of the electronic structure of the oxygen molecule and of the bonding within the metal‐oxygen complexes. Reactions of coordinated oxygen are described.