Bio-inspired lanthanum-ortho-quinone catalysis for aerobic alcohol oxidation: semi-quinone anionic radical as redox ligand
oleh: Ruipu Zhang, Runze Zhang, Ruijun Jian, Long Zhang, Ming-Tian Zhang, Yu Xia, Sanzhong Luo
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2022-01-01 |
Deskripsi
A decade ago the first rare-earth-metal dependent enzyme was discovered, in which a non-redox lanthanide ion is central in the active site of a methanol dehydrogenase. Inspired by this discovery, here the authors show that an open-shell semi-quinone anionic radical species, complexed with lanthanum, could serve as a very efficient aerobic oxidation catalyst under ambient conditions.