Advances in Catalytic Activation of Dioxygen by Metal Complexes (Catalysis by Metal Complexes, 26)

The catalytic activation of dioxygen continues to attract interest both due to its biological importance and synthetic potential. Metalloenzymes play crucial roles in metabolism by living organisms. The modelling of metalloenzymes by biomimetic metal complexes helps the search for useful oxidation catalysts and the understanding of their mechanisms of operation. Dioxygen is also the oxidant of choice in emission-free technologies aimed at minimising pollution of the environment, in line with the green chemistry requirements. This volume is devoted to recent progress in the field of catalytic oxidations using ruthenium, copper, iron, gold, cobalt and other complexes. Products and mechanistic aspects are given special emphasis throughout the book. 528.pdf......Page 1 528_001.pdf......Page 14 528_002.pdf......Page 91 528_003.pdf......Page 134 528_004.pdf......Page 167 528_005.pdf......Page 237 528_006.pdf......Page 275 528_007.pdf......Page 339 The subject of dioxygen activation and homogeneous catalytic oxidation by metal complexes has been in the focus of attention over the last 20 years.