Abstract
While a 1:1 Cu-O2 adduct is generally unreactive with organic substrates, phosphines displace O2 via an associative process and added Cu(I) leads to a novel internal ligand oxidation to yield a Cu(II)-o-iminosemiquinone complex.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2014-2016 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Chemical Communications |
| Issue number | 15 |
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| State | Published - Apr 21 2005 |